Як сатирична назва стала назвою імпресіонізму | How a satirical label became the name Impressionism
On April 15, 1874, an independent exhibition opened in Paris featuring artists including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, and Berthe Morisot. It took place outside the official Salon, letting artists show their work on their own terms.
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Critic Louis Leroy published a satirical review after the exhibition, playing on the title of Monet’s painting *Impression, Sunrise* and the word “Impressionists.” The episode is often associated with the movement’s name. Responses to the exhibition varied, however, so it is too broad to say that critics uniformly dismissed the works as “sketches.”
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