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
Hedge Fun - Naples, Florida - Happy Colors Landscaping, Abstract Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Landscaping in Naples, Florida gives the residents and visitors a visual treat. The community has transformed a typical banal Florida city into an outdoor art exhibition of by Land...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Vahe Yeremyan Painter Book, 1st Edition
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Tigran Mets Publishing House 1st Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-99941-0-994-4
Book Dimensions: 9.5x12.5x0.8 inch, 24x32x2 cm, 2 Lb, 167 page,
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Modern British 20th century River landscape, On the Thames at Sonning
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very decorative Modern British view on the Thames at Sonning Bridge.
The artist was a local person living and painting in the area of Sonning. He painted along the...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Board, Oil
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Tree, Nature Photography by Robert Funk
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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 beautiful detail.
Signed, datin...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Solitary Runner Central Park Snow Storm, Abstract Photography Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A vast and wide view of one of the world's most densely populated cities shows only one person. A lone runner surrounded by white snow is framed by New York's Central Park South sky...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Melody with Dahlia
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Snowstorm in Central Park by Mitchell Funk Winter Scene Monochomatic
Located in Miami, FL
A dot of red in a sea of white captured by veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk. The sub-text of this image is that in one of the world's most crowded places a person can be su...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Vahe Yeremyan Painter Book, 1st Edition
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Tigran Mets Publishing House 1st Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-99941-0-994-4
Book Dimensions: 9.5x12.5x0.8 inch, 24x32x2 cm, 2 Lb, 167 page,
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
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 ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Washington Square with Trade Center Towers II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Wolf von dem Bussche American (born Germany) 1934-2014
Title: Washington Square with Trade Center Towers II
Year: 1976
Medium: Gelatin Sil...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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 ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Floral Blossoms
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dawn on Lake Como
By Harold Davis
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Flowers at Giverny
By Harold Davis
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Crepuscular Coast
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
London Triptych, Rachel Tighe, Original London Paintings, Affordable Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
London Triptych by Rachel Tighe
Consists of
Mini London Morning Commute
Mini Ludgate Hill Morning
Mini Boat On The Thames
Each painting is individually ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Bus Window 2
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Winter Tree
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This image was taken in a wintry day in Ann Arbor , Michigan. You can really sense the cold and the snow by looking at this image. I like the solid layer of snow at the bottom of the image. It's a very moody image.
Keywords: tree, infrared, photo, black and white, branch, branches, winter, snow, winter tree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Digital, Paper
Vahe Yeremyan Painter Book, 1st Edition
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Tigran Mets Publishing House 1st Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-99941-0-994-4
Book Dimensions: 9.5x12.5x0.8 inch, 24x32x2 cm, 2 Lb, 167 page,
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Dog Park in Magenta - Dogs and People having Fun
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers walk their dogs in an upper east side park. The scene is shot at dawn. First light skims across the ground and gives the whole picture a mesmerizing quality in pinks and...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manarola
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Dawn Chorus Unbound
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blowing Rocks
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This photo was taken at Blowing Rocks State Park in Jupiter Island, Florida. I like the way the water blows mist onto the textured rocks. The flowing water makes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Digital, Paper
Vahe Yeremyan Painter Book, 1st Edition
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Tigran Mets Publishing House 1st Edition, 2021
ISBN: 978-99941-0-994-4
Book Dimensions: 9.5x12.5x0.8 inch, 24x32x2 cm, 2 Lb, 167 page,
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Tuscan Landscape
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Giverny
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Red, Pink, and Blue
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Purple Haze
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cactus, Original Photographic Print, 2014
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This image was taken in the desert in Arizona near Scottsdale in the spring
Keywords: purple, cactus, desert, southwest, flower, juxtaposition, opposites, arizon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Paper, Digital
Kiss from a Rose
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bus Window 3
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bus Window 5
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Zabriskie View
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Black and White Tree, Nature Photography Print, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This Black and white image is a standard nature shot taken digitally and converted to infrared.
Keywords: Infrared, nature, black and white, photo
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Digital, Paper
Double Double
By Harold Davis
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Double Rainbow over Paris
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Godafoss
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
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 ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flowers at Giverny
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Towers of San Gimignano
By Harold Davis
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cusp of Spring
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Ice Art, Winter Scene Nature Photography Print, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This image was taken in Michigan on a frozen lake. I like how the texture of the ice plays against the black lines of the tree branches
Keywords: water, winter, o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Paper, Digital
Down in the Valley
By Harold Davis
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,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Curled Epiphany
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blue Distance 2
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rollback
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Klamath Bar
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Save the Last Dance for Me
By Harold Davis
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
An intimate and close-up view of Papavers and Mallows positioned on a light box.
Words that describe this piece: Poppies, Mallows, Flowers
Artist Biography:
Ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bus Window 1
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bus Window 4
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Hecata Head
By Harold Davis
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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.