It was not a hit with the critics, and one dubbed the group Impressionists after seeing Monet’s contribution: a landscape painting title Impression, Sunrise.
You may be familiar with some of the most famous impressionists, but do you know the origin of the term "impressionism"? In 1874, a group of 30 artists—Paul Cèzanne, Edgar Degas and Claude Monet among them—mounted an exhibition in the studio of Nadar, a pioneering figure in the history of photography. It was not a hit with the critics, and one dubbed the group Impressionists after seeing Monet’s contribution: a landscape painting title Impression, Sunrise.