Louis Leroy

Louis Leroy was a French critic who is primarily known for coining the term "Impressionism" in a derisive manner. He used the term in an 1874 review of an exhibition in Paris, taking inspiration from Claude Monet's painting Impression, Sunrise. Leroy's review, published in the satirical magazine Le Charivari, was intended to mock the unconventional style of the artists, but the name eventually stuck and became associated with the movement. The Impressionist artists, who sought to capture fleeting moments and the effects of light and color, were rebelling against the traditional academic standards of the time.1234