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Impressionist Color 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
Infinite green, treetops, analog photography, shadows and unique colors
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high quality on matte photographic paper. The dimensions are 30 x 45 cm. Claudia Ferreiro (Santiago de Compostela, 1996) explores memory and identity l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Mid Century Wilder Ranch Landscape Photograph
By Vester Dick
Located in Soquel, CA
The White Barn at Wilder Ranch, a color photograph by Vestor Dick, master photographer (American, 1922 - 1998). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "V. Dick" lower right, circa 196...
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1960s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Underwater Blues - Underwater Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
Gabriela Sütori ist eine renommierte Kunstberaterin und Fotografin, die in Spanien ihr Zuhause gefunden hat, obwohl sie in Ungarn geboren wurde. Mit einem beeindruckenden Hintergrund...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Film

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Twin Towers
Located in Miami, FL
On an assignment from the Port Authority of New York in 1975, Photographer Mitchell Funk was given access to the roof of Tower II of the World Trade Center. From that high vantage p...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade with Brooklyn Queens Expressway
Located in Miami, FL
A unique view of The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is shot with magical golden late afternoon light shot in 1972 . The work has not only optic...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Inkjet

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Lower East Side
Located in Miami, FL
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building: Lower East Side. Beyond a 19th-century vermilion brick facade and standing proud and tall in a hazy New York City sky, we see The Ch...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade with Brooklyn Queens Expressway
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. A unique view of The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is shot with magical golden late afternoon light shot in 197...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Inkjet

Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, Times Square, Golden Light, Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
A pushcart street vendor selling hot dogs is somehow transformed into something bigger. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the scene in extreme golden light. As a result, ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Old Las Vegas, Fremont Street Neon Signs, Abstract Photography
Located in Miami, FL
This is the greatest and most iconic picture and vintage Las Vegas even done. This classic view of downtown neon signs of Las Vegas before the wrecking ball demolished one of Americ...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset - Golden Haze
Located in Miami, FL
The quintessential symbol of San Francisco is small in the picture frame but still is the central focus of the composition. Mitchell Funk's photograph of a Cable Car is as unexpecte...
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1990s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building, Landscape Photography
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 late...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Cellar Marigold Dandelion
Located in Miami, FL
86.IV.47 - 06 markings on sticker verso, Edition not know. Matted and framed under glass, not examined out of frame. Done for the American Express Company
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1980s Impressionist Color Photography

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Polaroid

Bow Bridge Central Park New York City in Spring
Located in Miami, FL
Idyllic late afternoon moment where soft light brings out the delicate colors of early spring in Center Park. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 4/15 recto, unframed, other sizes ava...
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2010s Impressionist Color 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 Color Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red and Purple Tulips Flowers Petals
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.00 - Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, unframed, other sizes available Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Inkjet

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...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Tribeca in Gold, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Edward Hopper's sense of late light combined with the isolation and desolation of New York is depicted in color photography by Mitchell Funk. Golden light paints 70's New York in a m...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Lombard Street, San Francisco in Golden Light, Color Photography Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Lombard Street, A Popular tourist location has a magical look. Mitchell Funk, waits for the right light at the right time of year. Signature: Signed, dated, numbered lower right r...
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1990s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Panoramic seascape lit with raking light turns humans into stick figure shapes with no central point of focus. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed la...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Road to Davenport Landscape Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Road to Davenport 2", a serene color photograph on Fujicolor professional paper by Richard F. Singer (American, 20th Century). Signed "Richard Singer" and dated "16" lower right. Ti...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Red and Purple Tulips Flowers abstraction in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, printed later, other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer"...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, 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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Horizon line, trees, green and yellow, sky nature, old analogue photograph
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high quality on matte photographic paper. The dimensions are 30 x 45 cm. Claudia Ferreiro (Santiago de Compostela, 1996) explores memory and identity l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Aqua Flora No6, , Limited Edition Chromagenic Photographic Print Large Floral Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Aqua Flora No6 is a limited edition chromagenic print by Allan Forsyth. Forsyth Manipulates the appearance of the flowers by photography them under water to give them a painterly eff...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Color

Flowers at Giverny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This impressionist melange of flowers and an arbor was photographed at Monet's garden at Giverny. Words that describe this piece: Monet, Giverny, garden, flowers
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tomorrow - Analog Art Photography
Located in Zürich, CH
With a camera in hand and a heart attuned to the rhythms of the natural world, Cara Esten Hurtle emerges as a visionary artist whose work transcends conventional boundaries. Hurtle's journey into photography began as a means of personal exploration, a way to connect with the beauty and wonder that surrounds us. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes of her native Canada and the diverse cultures she has encountered in her travels, she weaves together a tapestry of images that speak to the soul. As a self-taught photographer, Hurtle's approach is deeply intuitive, guided by a profound reverence for the natural world and a desire to capture its essence in all its complexity. Whether she is exploring the rugged coastlines of...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Film

Dawn Chorus Unbound
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This is a composite photograph showing Dawn Chorus Poppies apparently on and off a roll of translucent paper. Words that describe this piece: Poppy, flower, Esch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Tuscan Landscape
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Memories of Tuscany at dawn with the fields and vineyards laid out below one! Words that describe this piece: Dawn, cloudy, moody, Tuscany Artist Biography: Ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line
Located in Miami, FL
"Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line" - It may take a moment, but its presence always seems to be in the picture. At least, that was the case in the past. ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Down in the Valley
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Down in the valley the serene layers of distance divide the landscape spiritually. Words that describe this piece: Layers, distance,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Red, Pink, and Blue
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Red, pink, and blue flowers decorate the world! Words that describe this piece: Red, pink, poppy Artist Biography: Harold Davis is an artist and bestselling au...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Giverny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: The world-famous lily ponds in Monet's gardens at Giverny make as great a subject for art today as when painted by the master himself. Words that describe this p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Blossom Blizzard, Stanmer Park, Sussex; Spring landscape with Gold leaf
Located in London, GB
Print detail: Painting like photographic print, Printed on Museum Glass and Hand Gilded with Gold leaf in custom made frame. 41 x 57 cm (Framed) Glass Print from Edition of 1/5 Series: Blossom Blizzard (New Print on Glass edition 2022) Shipping: The print on glass would be packed and into wooden crate for artwork protection and shipped with professional art shippers. About the work: "Despite T.S. Eliot's assertion that 'April is the cruellest month', I invariably feel a sudden surge of wellbeing and optimism when the first scent of spring hangs in the air. I know I'm far from alone in this - photographers and artists surely feel that sense of excitement as keenly as any gardener eagerly rifling though their seed packets. Mother Nature, it seems, is handing us our images on a plate. The light is soft and benign, the colours, gentle, and the countryside seems to suddenly be filled with boundless enthusiasm. Quotes such as 'Spring is nature's way of reminding us that every day is worthy of celebration' pop up on social media with unfailing regularity - long before the first cuckoo is heard. This image was taken at Stanmer Park, just outside of Brighton. A blustery day in early April, the air was filled with the sweet smell of April and the profligacy and exuberance of the new growth emerging was inspirational. Blossom-laden branches were everywhere but I concentrated on one small tree that stood apart from the rest. For reasons unclear, its tiny flowers seemed whiter, fluffier, altogether more generous than that of any of its neighbours. It was bitterly cold. The type of cold that can only be experienced when one has left home in overly optimistic clothing, only to realise that the wind chill factor hadn't been accounted for when getting dressed. I struggled on for about half an hour - reluctant to retreat to the warmth of the nearby cafe and the very enticing appeal of a cup of coffee. Fortunately, my inspiration came quickly - as the tiny petals blew around my head and I stood there shivering in all my reckless optimism, I realised it felt like nothing more than being encased in one of those half-domed snow globes. The fiercest blizzard was surely never this intense. I certainly couldn't imagine it ever being this cold. Photographic perfection is not my objective. Its obedient conformity initially attracts, but, for me, leaves little enticement to investigate further. So it was that the tangled complexity of branches and the disparate arrangement of blossom engaged, rather than frustrated my aspirations. By layering image upon image, frame upon frame, I was able to build up the layers of blossom and emphasise the movement of the branches. All photographic images represent a moment in time. The way I make my images combine several. I walked around the tree, back and forth trying to engage with the long-limbed gaucheness of its extended branches. The colour palette needed little intervention; I don't think anybody makes a paint called 'blustery blue' but perhaps they should. This contrasted beautifully with the jade and emerald grass, subsequently overlaid with soft white snowflakes and created, what for me, was a very pleasing and fresh arrangement of seasonal colours." - Valda Bailey
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Hecata Head
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: The Hecata Head provided safety for Cape Perpetua in the remote and rugged years! Words that describe this piece: Lighthouse, surf, serene Artist Biography: Ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Cusp of Spring
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: On the cusp of spring, the California Oak trees are just beginning to shoot out leaves in this protected inland valley! Words...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bus Window 5
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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Double Double
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: A double rainbow in the wilderness... how cool is that? Words that describe this piece: Rainbow desert spring colors renewal Artist Biography: Harold Davis is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Double Rainbow over Paris
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: How often do you see a rainbow, let alone a double rainbow, over Paris with the Louvre and the Musee d'Orsay in the background? Wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Kiss from a Rose
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This romantic photograph of mine of a red, red rose has often been mistaken for a reproduction of a painting by the great artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Words that des...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Floral Blossoms
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: A floral display vitrine based on a lattice of violas! Words that describe this piece: viola, tapestry Artist Biography: Harold Davis is an artist and bestsell...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Towers of San Gimignano
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Olive trees, towers, and a decorative sunset... who could ask for more? Words that describe this piece: sunset, towers, tuscany Artist Biography: Harold Davis ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Zabriskie View
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Whither do we wander in the pathless wilderness? Words that describe this piece: paths, Death Valley, landscape Artist Biography: Harold Davis is an artist and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Curled Epiphany
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Apparently curling off a wall, this two-sided, modernist floral work is held on by virtual "thumb tacks." Words that describe this piece: Flowers, wall, vista, d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Godafoss
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This is a "midnight sun" image of the powerful and magical Godafoss waterfall in Iceland! Words that describe this piece: falls, landscape, sunset, iceland Arti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Blue Distance 2
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Looking towards the central crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, the blue haze creates a romatic effect, Words that describe this piece: Photography Artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Flowers at Giverny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This impressionist melange of flowers and an arbor was photographed at Monet's garden at Giverny. Words that describe this piece: Monet, Giverny, garden, flowers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Melody with Dahlia
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This is a composition of dahlias and fuschias that is intended as a rhythmic and musical composition! Words that describe this piece: Dahlia, floral, rhythm Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bus Window 4
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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building
Located in Miami, FL
This highly dramatic photograph shows a dialog between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building as they appeared in 1998. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures mid-town New...
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1990s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Statue of Liberty and Ferry in Morning Mist
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, printed later, other sizes available
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Glowing Chrysler Building and 42nd Street at Manhattanhenge
Located in Miami, FL
42nd Street glows, but not from Broadway marquees' bright lights. It's from Street Photographer Mitchell Funk, who captures the setting sun of Manhattanhenge, which, along with stree...
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1990s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

South Beach, Miami Beach
Located in Miami, FL
South Beach, Miami Beach is captured at the precise moment where the color in the sky is echoed by the color in the streetscape Signature: Signed , dated l...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Sunbathers Miami Beach
Located in Miami, FL
People are reduced to patters when rows of sun worshipers are caught with a 105 mm lens. Signed and dated lower right Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Impressionist color photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist color 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 color 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 Allan Forsyth. 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 color photography, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are also available. Prices for color 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 $399 and tops out at $10,500, while the average work sells for $4,500.

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