louis leroy

Louis Leroy

French critic, painter and playwright

on Impression, Sunrise by Monet in first Impressionist exhibition... "A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more highly finished than this seascape."

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Leroy's review of the first Impressionist exhibition was printed in Le Charivari on 25 April 1874 with the title The Exhibition of the Impressionists. The term was taken from Claude Monet's painting Impression: soleil levant. Leroy's article took the form of a dialogue between two skeptical viewers of the work: "Impression I was certain of it. I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it — and what freedom, what ease of workmanship! A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more finished than this seascape."

1812-1885

biography

Louis Leroy (1812 - 1885) was a French 19th-century printmaker, painter, and playwright. He is remembered as the journalist and art critic for the French satirical newspaper Le Charivari, who coined the term "impressionists" to satirise the artists now known by the word.