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Impressionist Photography

IMPRESSIONIST STYLE

Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.

The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.

Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.

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Style: Impressionist
Klamath Bar
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Along the wild and rugged coast of Northern California, the Klamath Bar stands out at the terminus of the Lost Coast. Words that descri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rollback
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Rollback is a piece that expresses positivist in nature, along with the possibility that there are two ways to look at any picture. Words that describe this piec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bus Window 1
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Using ICM (In-Camera Motion) and a long-duration shutter speed, I created this collection of impressionistic landscapes through a moving bus window while visiting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Peacock Blue and Green. Colorful Pheasant Bird
Located in Miami, FL
This close-up of a peacock displaying is defined by late, dramatic light. The photographer is lying on his belly in the dirt - inches from the bird to get this intimate upward-look...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Panorama of the Kumano Sanzen Roppyaku Po
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Along the Kumano kodo pilgrimage trail in the Kii Mountains of Japan I walked in the rain, climbing among gnarled roots and trees that seemed they had been there ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Yellow Golden Light, Color Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Late golden light transforms a dog into a graphic black shape that seems to float in magical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 and printed later, ...
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1990s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Las Vegas, Fremont Street Neon Signs, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Classic view of downtown neon signs of Las Vegas before the wrecking ball demolished one of America's most unique sights. The print is signed, dated and numbered with an edition of ...
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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Peacock Blue and Green. Colorful Pheasants
Located in Miami, FL
This close-up of a peacock displaying is defined by late dramatic light. Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV. He was widely publishe...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pecocks in Green and Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Double portrait of colorful peacocks with shimmering plumage set against a verdant background. Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV....
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ducks in Flight with Blue water Droplets
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto with other sizes available, and unframed. The color of the photograph is quite subtle and will be rendered differently ...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Aqua Flora X No2, Allan Forsyth, Limited Edition Chromagenic Photographic Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Allan Forsyth AQUA FLORA X N°2 Limited Edition Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print Edition 6 + 2 APs Sheet Size: H 112cm x W 80cm x D 2cm Diasec Framed Please note that in situ i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Old New York Bar with Ballantine Beer Neon Sign
Located in Miami, FL
Moody image of a man looking out while the photographer looks in. The picture is organized in a composition of alternating floating faces and floating signs. This work also represen...
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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Flower Hat in Yellows, Blues and Pinks
Located in Miami, FL
Woman as a flower. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso ,3/15 unframed. Other sizes available, Mitchell Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian Mitchell ...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
:ate golden light transforms a dog into a graphic black shape that seems to float in magical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other...
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1990s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

"Yeow! Point, Death Valley" - Abstracted Black & White Landscape Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Yeow! Pt, Death Valley", a black and white landscape photograph that borders on abstraction by Jeff Nixon (American, 20th century). Signed "Jeff Nixon" lower right. Titled "Yeow! Pt, Death Valley" on verso. Unframed. Photograph size: 8"H x 9.5"W. Mat,12"H x 15"W. Jeff Nixon began photographing in the late 1960's, and by the end of the millennium had acquired an impressive list of credentials; many years as a year round resident of Yosemite Valley, noted instructor in the techniques of black and white photography which he gleaned from his years of working with Ansel Adams, and learning the Zone System from the master himself. Jeff has been an instructor for two California Junior Colleges, Modesto and Columbia, has led extension courses for UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, and taught and lectured in numerous seminars and classes. He has taught workshops and has had many showings nationwide, working with Morley Baer, Chris Rainier, Rod Dresser, and John Sexton...
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1980s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Paper

San Francisco Cable Cars Landscape against Bay Bridge, Urban Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Compositional exactitude and magical gold lighting describe this iconic work of San Franscico This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are availab...
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1990s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Magical light on road. Litchfield, Connecticut
Located in Miami, FL
As if it were illuminated from an unearthly source, a Ford Falcon glows as it cruises down a country road. Telefone lines extend across the road as if the...
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1960s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building
Located in Miami, FL
A golden Empire State Building sits comfortably inside the center arch of the Manhattan bridge as if that space was designed for it. Precise composition combined with magical lat...
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1970s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light 2014, Signed dated and numbered 4/15, right recto, inkjet archival print lower East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Noble Lion at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Noble lion caught in quintessential and heroic pose against primal sunset sunet. Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto. 4/15 Printed later, unframed, other sizes available Pr...
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1980s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
This image of Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park was shot at magic hour. That's when the light is late in the day and skims over the surfaces of the grass and build...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Inkjet

San Francisco Cable Cars Landscape against Bay Bridge
Located in Miami, FL
Compositional exactitude and magical gold lighting describe this iconic work of San Franscico This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. . The work is unframed ...
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1990s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dark Materials IX - James Sparshatt - A photograph of joy on the beach
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Metal

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light 2014, Signed dated and numbered 4/15, right recto, inkjet archival print lower East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Autumn in Central Park with Black Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Nature's beauty is on full display right smack in the middle of Manhattan but there is more. A single black dog is the central point of focus framed by bea...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Inkjet

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974 The work is signed, dated number lower right 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment

View of Russian Hill in Blue, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
View of a blue Russian Hill, San Francisco. This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and printed later. Print...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Girl Looking Out - Landscape of the City - Landscape of Life
Located in Miami, FL
Enter Mitchell Funk's light-filled world. A column of light isolates a girl who looking at something out of frame. The photograph could be a metaphor for self-absorption or ruminati...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Bow Bridge Landscape in Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Bow Bridge is one of the most iconic and photographed features of Central Park. Built in 1862, this Victorian-era bridge spans 60 feet across the Central Park Lake and connects Cherr...
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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Landscape of Umbrellas in the Rain - Moody New York Afternoon
Located in Miami, FL
A moody New York street is dotted umbrellas that yield a pattern of bright colors set against a desaturated ground. Signed dated and numbered 1/15 lower right recto, other sizes ava...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Rainbow in East Hampton with a Celebrating Flock of Birds - Magenta Sky
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning magical moment where a flock of birds participates in nature's celebration of beauty. The shape of the flock echos the arch of colors formed in the sky. The photographe...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Fremont Street Neon. Old Las Vegas, 1974
Located in Miami, FL
This photograph is of old Last Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974 The work is signed, dated number lower right 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...
Category

1970s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Trumpet Player by Mitchell Funk Soulful Rainbow of Color
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography". In 1970 he participat...
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1980s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Dogs are Part of the Landscape of Our Lives
Located in Miami, FL
First light skims across the pavement of a Manhattan basketball court. The intense gaze of a dog at attention punctuates a complex interplay of shadows and surface detail of lines ...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light 2014, Signed dated and numbered 4/15, right recto, inkjet archival print lower East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Venice Oil cm. 55 x 60 1999
Located in Torino, IT
Venice Russian Art Landscape with gondolas in Venice Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) MUSEUMS Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery Moscow, USSR Artists Col...
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1990s Impressionist Photography

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Oil

Hedge Fun - Miami Beach 3 (Green topiary garden) Street Art By The Rich
Located in Miami, FL
Street Art By The Rich. Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-he...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Waterfall of Spanish Moss. Neutral Colors
Located in Miami, FL
Art made by God. Signed, dating and numbered 2/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other size available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a photograher and New Y...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
White sailboats form a beautiful pattern in San Fransico Bay. The shapes of Sailboats in San Francisco dot the bay and are echoed by Cumulus clouds Signed and dated on the lower r...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge with Warm Puffy Clouds. San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
The Golden Gate Bridge is depicted in warm golden light. Mitchell Funk's photograph is of an American classic shot in an original way. Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right re...
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1990s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Staten Island Ferry in New York Harbor with Orange light on Statue of Liberty
Located in Miami, FL
This is a classic image of the Staten Island Ferry in New York Harbor bathed in Golden light with the Statue of Liberty in semi-silhouette. The image was shot over 50 years ago but s...
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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Manhattan Skyscrapers: Gold and Blue Reflections Photography
Located in Miami, FL
. Manhattan: Gold and Blue Reflections, Shot from Jersey, Manhattan monoliths are transformed into gleaming and beautiful abstract patters of blue and gold. Mitchell Funk, has bee...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer by Mitchell Funk is a quintessential moment at days end. The work is signed and dated ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Child Cat
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy snow creates a shadowless scene that allows blue and red umbrellas to pop out from a subdued background. Funk captures a magic moment of perfect spatial and color harmony. S...
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1990s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage
Located in Miami, FL
The male peacock is a living work of art. Mitchell Funk has captured a moment of full display with iridescent coloration. Arguably, the male peacock rivals the work of any abstr...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Autumn in Central Park with Black Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Nature's beauty is on full display right smack in the middle of Manhattan but there is more. A single black dog is the cent...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Trumpet Player: Soulful Rainbow of Color
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography". In 1970 he participat...
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1980s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Big Bubbles and the Bethesda Fountain.
Located in Miami, FL
Big bubble blowers create alien-looking biomorphic forms that frame the winged neo-classical bronze Bethesda Fountain crowed with pigeons. It's set again...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Tree Candy - Simpson Park
Located in Miami, FL
Trees taste good. The first image enlarged is most accurate for color. Signed, dating and numbered 3/15 recto, unframed, other sizes available. printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Autumn Colors Bow Bridge with Flower Pots and Ducks in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Central Park captured at it's most beautiful and it's most romantic. Signed dated lower right, numbered on lr recto. 3/15 printed later, unframed. other sizes available. Printed on...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Neutral Colors: Smooth n' Easy Lavender Tree
Located in Miami, FL
Neutral Colors - Nature formed by man. Understated natural color defines orderly natural forms and evokes a sense of peace and tranquility. Shot with a Hi-res 36 mega pixel camera ...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Daydreaming Royal Poincianas in Pink and Red
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Get lost in a floral dreamscape of vermillion, magenta, green and pink rendered with vivacious energy. We promise you will emerge in a happy state...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Jazz Musicians: Night Blue City Lights
Located in Miami, FL
Since the late 1960's Mitchell Funk has pioneered powerful bold and graphic images. His work is about the color and the shape Signature: Signed Dated and numbered lower right 3/15, ...
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1980s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Noble Lion at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Noble lion caught in quintessential and heroic pose against primal sunset sunet. Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto. 4/15 Printed later, un...
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1980s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

Tree Lost in Thought: Green and Purple
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. Tree Lost in Thought in Green and Purple was shot in Hi-res that brings out selective foliage detail. Trees are Art made by God. Signed, dating...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Golden Tree, Nature Photography by Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bossa Nova Blue Trees The 1st image enlarged, should be most accurate for color. Does Gold grow on Trees? Sometimes! Shot with a Hi-res 36 megapixel camera which yields beautifu...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Pink Flowers - Magenta Flowers Wispy Impressionist, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Use the 1st image as a reference for color. It's a cornucopia of cotton candy colors. A blanket of beautiful flowers in pink shot in America's most beautiful city... San Francisco. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 3/15 , unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Impressionist photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Harold Davis, Robert Funk, and Marc Garrison. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist photography, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $65,500, while the average work sells for $4,250.

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