Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

The Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris holds the world’s largest collection of works by Claude Monet. Its most historic painting is Impression, Sunrise, the canvas that gave Impressionism its name.

  • Impression Sunrise

    ByDominik Szobak

    A single painting accidentally named an entire art movement — and its creator didn’t even mean to title it anything grand. Impression Sunrise, dashed off by Claude Monet in 1872, was described by a dismissive critic as mere “impression” work, and Monet essentially shrugged and agreed. That offhand insult became the badge of honor for…