Claude Monet painted "Impression, Sunrise" first. Monet's "Impression, Sunrise," which gave Impressionism its name, was painted in 1872 and first exhibited in 1874. Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night," one of his most famous works, was painted later, in 1889, during his stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. Therefore, Monet's "Impression, Sunrise" predates Van Gogh's "Starry Night."