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
Trumpet Player by Mitchell Funk Soulful Rainbow of Color
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available.
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography". In 1970 he participat...
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
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
Dark Materials IX - James Sparshatt - A photograph of joy on the beach
Located in Coltishall, GB
There is a something about being a child on the beach where the sheer exuberance of running into the waves transcends the normal social barriers, and the shared exhilarance allows fo...
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
Autumn in Central Park with Black Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Nature's beauty is on full display right smack in the middle of Manhattan but there is more.
A single black dog is the central point of focus framed by bea...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Magical light on road. Litchfield, Connecticut
Located in Miami, FL
As if it were illuminated from an unearthly source, a Ford Falcon glows as it cruises down a country road. Telefone lines extend across the road as if they were spider webs. Mitchel...
Category
1960s 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
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
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
San Francisco Cable Cars Landscape against Bay Bridge, Urban Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Compositional exactitude and magical gold lighting describe this iconic work of San Franscico
This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are availab...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building
Located in Miami, FL
A golden Empire State Building sits comfortably inside the center arch of the Manhattan bridge as if that space was designed for it. Precise composition combined with magical lat...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Inkjet, 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
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Flower Hat in Yellows, Blues and Pinks
Located in Miami, FL
Woman as a flower.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso ,3/15 unframed. Other sizes available,
Mitchell Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian
Mitchell ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Photographic Paper, 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
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
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
French Poodle Central Park - Dog in Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
:ate golden light transforms a dog into a graphic black shape that seems to float in magical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15 Printed later, other...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, 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
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color
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
SIGNED FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST VINTAGE OIL - PROVENCAL LANDSCAPE WITH OLD CHURCH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed
Title: Provencal Landscape
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: painting: 25 x 36.25 inches, frame: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Photography
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
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
Panorama of the Kumano Sanzen Roppyaku Po
By Harold Davis
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Along the Kumano kodo pilgrimage trail in the Kii Mountains of Japan I walked in the rain, climbing among gnarled roots and trees that seemed they had been there ...
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Landscape of Umbrellas in the Rain - Moody New York Afternoon
Located in Miami, FL
A moody New York street is dotted umbrellas that yield a pattern of bright colors set against a desaturated ground.
Signed dated and numbered 1/15 lower right recto, other sizes ava...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Noble Lion at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Noble lion caught in quintessential and heroic pose against primal sunset sunet. Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto. 4/15 Printed later, unframed, other sizes available Pr...
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bow Bridge Landscape in Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Bow Bridge is one of the most iconic and photographed features of Central Park. Built in 1862, this Victorian-era bridge spans 60 feet across the Central Park Lake and connects Cherr...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
White sailboats form a beautiful pattern in San Fransico Bay. The shapes of Sailboats in San Francisco dot the bay and are echoed by Cumulus clouds
Signed and dated on the lower r...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Autumn Colors Bow Bridge with Flower Pots and Ducks in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Central Park captured at it's most beautiful and it's most romantic.
Signed dated lower right, numbered on lr recto. 3/15 printed later, unframed. other sizes available. Printed on...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Inkjet
Girl Looking Out - Landscape of the City - Landscape of Life
Located in Miami, FL
Enter Mitchell Funk's light-filled world. A column of light isolates a girl who looking at something out of frame. The photograph could be a metaphor for self-absorption or ruminati...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Rainbow in East Hampton with a Celebrating Flock of Birds - Magenta Sky
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning magical moment where a flock of birds participates in nature's celebration of beauty. The shape of the flock echos the arch of colors formed in the sky. The photographe...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
2014, Signed dated and numbered 4/15, right recto, inkjet archival print lower
East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset with silhouetted male surfer...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Dogs are Part of the Landscape of Our Lives
Located in Miami, FL
First light skims across the pavement of a Manhattan basketball court. The intense gaze of a dog at attention punctuates a complex interplay of shadows and surface detail of lines ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, 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.