Monet's short brushstrokes and bright colors suggest boats maneuvering through the harbor and figures moving along the shore in this painting of the northern French port of Le Havre.
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The artist exhibited another painting of this bustling French harbor - under the title "Impression, Sunrise" - in an 1874 group exhibition in Paris. Upon viewing the show, a bemused art critic famously dubbed Monet and his friends the "Impressionists." While poking fun at the blunt brushwork that sparingly indicated the scene, he inadvertently supplied a name that would stick with this new style of art.
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