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
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
Reflections in the Maine Woods
By Harold Davis
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This image reminds of Walden Pond, and the peaceful views seen by Henry Thoreau.
Words that describe this piece: pond, reflections, au...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Raining with Sunshine: Three Horses in Autumn Rain and Golden Light in New York
Located in Miami, FL
For 55 years, Mithcell Funk has been capturing the emotive power of color and light. In the present image, "Raining with Sunshine," Funk captures three horses lined up in a row and ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
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
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
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
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Fremont Sign, 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 Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. '
Edition : 4 / 20
Signed, dated number lower right Printed later
Other sizes available, unframed
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
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...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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
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
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. ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Paper, Digital
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
$1,120 Sale Price
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Softish Sea, Signed Digital Photographic Landscape Print on Metal
By Amanda Lomax
Located in Boston, MA
Softish Sea, Signed Digital Photographic Landscape Print, 2020
30" x 20" x 0.5" (HxWxD) Digital Print on Metal
Hand-signed by the artist.
A gradient sky...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Metal
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
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
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
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...
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
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
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
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$7,875 Sale Price
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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
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
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
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Polaroid
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
New York Skyscraper in Golden Burst of Light
Located in Miami, FL
Architecture becomes spiritual. Late afternoon golden light bounces back at the viewer and transforms a building into something more than a building.
Signature: Signed and dated on ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Green 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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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
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
Paper, Digital
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
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
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
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...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Times Square, neon series
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Multidisciplinary artist. Twenty years of artistic experience in the Fine Arts. Eight years of practice as a University professor of Fine Arts. Broad knowledge of design software: Ad...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Neon Light, 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...
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
East Hampton Sunset , Nature Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
East Hampton Sunset , Signature: Signed , Dated lower right and numbered verso 4 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available. printed later, Printed on Hahne...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Color Photography Abstraction of Park Bench in Central Park - Brooklyn Museum
Located in Miami, FL
A simple park bench acts as inspiration for an early example of semi-abstraction in color photography. Pioneering Color Photographer Mitchell Funk waits for "magic hour" light to ill...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Impressionist Street Scene Manhattan in Snow - Reds and Greys
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photography pioneer Mitchell Funk is famous for blending representation with a broad emphasis on abstract qualities. He is a photographic minimalist cropping out extraneous details. His work focuses on color relationships and interactions between shapes. Funk started shooting in 1969, and today he's still as active as ever and continues to innovate. In "Impressionist Street Scene...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Blurred New York Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, Dated and Number lower right, 4/15, printed later, Unframed , other sizes available.
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when color wasn't consider...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
San Francisco Nocturne
Located in Miami, FL
The joy of photography is on full display as Mitchell Funk captures the moody blues and reds of San Francisco's California street . Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on vers...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Peacock Blue and Green. Colorful Pheasant Bird
By Robert Funk
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Classical Roman Bronze Head in thought
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Roman bronze figure after the antique is capture in an introspective moment. Highlights on the eyelids accent the dreamy quality of the gaze. ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet
Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
The sun sets at Manhattanhenge with the Chrysler Building's crown illuminated, creating a dual lighting source. Enter Mitchell Funks light-filled world in which his photographic ima...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
East Hampton Beach - Glistening Light and Cumulus Clouds
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered , 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed. printed later Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colorful People Central Park Snow
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City Skyline with Gold light
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Skyline with Gold light . Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, printed later, Other sizes available. PRi...
Category
Early 2000s 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
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.