We’ve been living in a small village outside Paris since 1871. Our painting group created the Cooperative and Anonymous Association of Painters, Sculptures, and Engravers with Manet as our leader (he never participates though ???). We showcase our work independently from the Salon. We gained a lot of new artists and we have 30 members total. Our first showing took a rather large hit from the critics. I took the brunt of it. I received this on my Sunrise Impression painting:
“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! Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished than that seascape”
Wallpaper!!!! I’m so going to use Louis Leroy and his newspaper for toilet paper. I’ll show you… The group decided to change our name to the Impressionists. Funny, guys.
