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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
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

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

Colorful photography, northern landscape, river and trees, moss, vibrant
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

Douro River - Portugal Mystic Landscape Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
André Teixeira, a visionary Portuguese photographer, stands at the forefront of contemporary artistry, renowned for his ability to weave emotion and narrative into each frame he capt...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Film

Tomorrow - Analog Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
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...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Film

Underwater Blues - Underwater Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
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

Aspen Colorado Golden Landscape Luminous Lines of Light and Bicycle
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays transform power lines into luminous lines of light that stretch across the Aspen landscape. A solitary biker punctuates the scene. Over his 55-year photography career, M...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, 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 Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Portrait of a San Francisco Cable Car Soaked in Bronze Light
Located in Miami, FL
In an unexpected bronze light, Mitchell Funk captures a classic view of San Francisco with a portrait of a famed cable car. The reflection of light in the car's left window gives the...
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1990s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Basketball with Angelic Light Burst in Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Light jumps out. Players jump up. Light bounces off a window. Basketball bounces off a backboard. The interplay of extreme light and shadow makes "Street Basketball with Angelic Li...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Foggy San Francisco Skyline with Ship - Impressionist Misty Blue
Located in Miami, FL
One of the defining characteristics of Mitchell Funk's work is how he shoots with light. In "Foggy San Francisco Skyline with Ship," Funk takes light into a new realm and in doing so...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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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

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

Children's Playground Central Park in Impressionist Blue and Magenta.
Located in Miami, FL
This image was shot in Central Park. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the intoxicatingly beautiful optical effect of natural light as it skims off of wooden swings...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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 Leaf, Gold

The Conversation: Late Afternoon Impressionist Light in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the street with Kodachrome. His goal: make color photography full of color in what was then a nascent ...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Sun Reflector with old men in the park. Vintage New York Street Scene
Located in Miami, FL
The glorification of light was an early theme Mitchell Funk employed in his street photography. Funk breaks with tradition and shoots street photography in color. Today in 2022, this...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Neighborhood Kids on Stoop in Red Hood Brooklyn - Vintage Brooklyn
Located in Miami, FL
Kids from the Neighborhood in Red Hood Brooklyn are hanging out. This is what Brooklyn was like in the early 1970s. Notice the metal garbage cans. S...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Greenwich village Street Scene with Colorful Walls - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the ...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Brooklyn Heights Promenade in Golden Light - Magical Light - Edward Hopper
Located in Miami, FL
This early work by street photographer Mithcell Funk, shows a lone woman gazing out from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole image in ...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Volleyball in Central Park with Golden Light at the Magic Hour - Impressionist
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers are captured in leisure time with a magical golden rim light that transforms the subjects into shapes. Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes avail...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas Neon , 1974, Abstract Photography by Mitchell Funk
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 3/15. 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 Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Green Dog Yellow Dog, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Green Dog is photographed so that it is representational and abstract at the same time. The photograph is signed dated, numbered, 3/15 lower right, another...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Noble Lion Silhouetted at Sunset, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
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 . P...
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1980s Impressionist Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet

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

Ocean Drive, South Beach, Irene Marie Models Moody Night Neon by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The classic view of Miami Beach's Ocean Drive with reflections is captured by veteran Color Photographer Mithcell Funk. The image overflows with soft bleeding colors that melt into...
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1990s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

New York City Early Morning Light, Yellows and Gold ( Color Photography )
Located in Miami, FL
For over 50 years pioneering color photographer Mitchell Funk has been documenting the life of New York City. Funk's central preoccupation is recording the beauty of the visual worl...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Bus Window 2
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

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

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

Purple Haze
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: From the crest of the Sierra Nevada looking towards the great Central Valley of California! Words that describe this piece: Mountains, sunset, purple Artist Bio...
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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

Jazz Trumpet Player by Mitchell Funk, Soulful Rainbow of Color Magenta Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. The color will vary ...
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1980s Impressionist Color Photography

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Inkjet

Park Avenue on an Red Impressionists Rainy Day Twilight, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic New York City scenes have been creatively documented by the insightful eye of veteran photographer Mitchell Funk for over 50 years. This moody twilight image of Park Avenue d...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Big Moon over Magenta Sea - Pink Crashing Wave at New Jersey Shore
Located in Miami, FL
Veteran photographer Mitchell Funk strikes a fine balance between abstraction and representation in this optically pleasing color photograph. The sky turns pink magenta as waves cras...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Magical New York in Autumn Colors with Golden Light on Glowing Bridge
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photographer Mithcell Funk captures a magical moment when light strikes the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City. Muted autumn colors interact in a syncopated rhythm producing ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Dawn on Lake Como
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Dawn on the Lago di Como, a serene an uplifting experience! Words that describe this piece: serene, dawn, blue 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

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

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

Central Park Boat House in Golden Light Impressionist Reflections
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing photographer Mitchell Funk explores the possibilities of abstraction in a documentary photograph. Golden light reflects off the water creating an impressionist like ab...
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1970s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manarola
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: From Italy's Cinque Terre this semi-abstract, semi-cubist photo of terraces upon terrazios! Words that describe this piece: abstract, cubist, Italy Artist Biogr...
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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

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

Central Park at Dawn First Light in Blue and Yellow Mist, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The movie light illuminates a path in Central Park on a foggy morning. The circular light appears behind a light pole and appears as if it would be the su...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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

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

Rockefeller Center Nocturne in Art Deco Moody Blue, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic New York City scenes have been creatively documented by the insightful eye of veteran photographer Mitchell Funk for over 50 years. His interpretation of one of Manhattan's ...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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

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 Color Photography

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Photographic Paper

Central Park South bursts in Autumn Colors Yellows and Soft Gentle Browns
Located in Miami, FL
Central Park shows us its true colors and they are spectacular. Vermont you have competition. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated ...
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2010s Impressionist Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

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

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

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

Crepuscular Coast
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Follow the joy of nature and the coast line for a serene experience of spiritual bliss and the truth of your destiny! Words that describe this piece: Rays, light...
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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

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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