Impressionism · 1872
Impression, Sunrise
Impression, Sunrise (1872) by Claude Monet. Its palette is led by golden olive (#6e7164, 55%) and warm grey (#8b7f6d, 22%). Overall the canvas is mid-toned, muted and warm.
Color notes
A critic mocked its title in 1874, and “Impressionism” became the movement's name.
Monet painted outdoors with the new tube paints and synthetic pigments and all but banished black, building shadows from blues and violets. His series of haystacks and of Rouen Cathedral record how the color of one subject changes with the light.
Palette
- #6e7164 MG 192 golden olive 55.0% of canvas
- #8b7f6d MG 174 warm grey 22.4% of canvas
- #536054 MG 058 muted green 18.9% of canvas
- #a98f7c MG 173 putty 2.0% of canvas
- #35493b MG 059 dark muted lime green 1.8% of canvas
Color families
Brown 49%, Gray 27%, Green 19%, Blue 5%, Orange 0%
Measurements
Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.48 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 87% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 36% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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More by Claude Monet
- Luncheon on the Grass, 1866
- Garden at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
- Regatta at Sainte-Adresse, 1867
- Woman in the Garden, 1867
- La Grenouillère, 1869
- Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875
- Madame Monet wearing a kimono, 1876
- Rouen Cathedral, 1892
- Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899
- Water Lilies, 1919