Shown at their first joint exhibition in 1874, this painting inspired a famous art critic to use the term "Impression" to bring together a group of artists (and friends) who practiced this new way of painting under the same banner.
This artist from Normandy ticks all the boxes, and it's thanks to one of his most popular paintings, Impression, Sunrise, that Impressionism is called Impressionism. Shown at their first joint exhibition in 1874, this painting inspired a famous art critic to use the term "Impression" to bring together a group of artists (and friends) who practiced this new way of painting under the same banner.