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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
Public Statues.   Young Boy and Old Man in New York City Park
Public Statues.   Young Boy and Old Man in New York City Park

Public Statues. Young Boy and Old Man in New York City Park

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

In the 1970s, senior citizens were fixtures on New York City park benches. In this image, golden light conveys the expressive nature of a disparate relationship between an old man an...

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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Impressionist Snow Storm -   Bethesda Fountain Central Park
Impressionist Snow Storm -   Bethesda Fountain Central Park

Impressionist Snow Storm - Bethesda Fountain Central Park

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Heavy snow blankets Bethesda Fountain and simplifies the landscape so that only a few sick-figure people dot the blue on the blue-white ground. The one figure with a red coat acts ...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset  - Golden Haze
San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset  - Golden Haze

San Francisco Cable Car at Sunset - Golden Haze

By Mitchell Funk

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 Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm
Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm

Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Heavy snow creates a shadowless scene that allows blue and red umbrellas to pop out from a subdued background. Funk captures a magic moment of perfect spatial and color harmony. Si...

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1990s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Two Dog Friends in Golden Light -   French Poodle
Two Dog Friends in Golden Light -   French Poodle

Two Dog Friends in Golden Light - French Poodle

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Golden Light defines two dogs as they have a head-to-head in a Manhattan park. Color Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the scene with a spontaneity and freshness from a rooftop van...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light
Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light

Surfer, East Hampton Beach with Dramatic Sunset and Golden Light

By Mitchell Funk

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...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Landscape of Umbrellas in the Rain  -  Moody New York Afternoon
Landscape of Umbrellas in the Rain  -  Moody New York Afternoon

Landscape of Umbrellas in the Rain - Moody New York Afternoon

By Mitchell Funk

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...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco -  Blue Water , Blue Sky
Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco -  Blue Water , Blue Sky

Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco - Blue Water , Blue Sky

By Mitchell Funk

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...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Dog Park in Magenta  - Dogs and People having Fun
Dog Park in Magenta  - Dogs and People having Fun

Dog Park in Magenta - Dogs and People having Fun

By Mitchell Funk

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...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park Landscape
Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park Landscape

Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park Landscape

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

This image of Hotel Pierre and Sherry-Netherland from Central Park was shot at magic hour. That's when the light is late in the day and skims over the surfaces of the grass and build...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Ocean Beach, San Francisco

Ocean Beach, San Francisco

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Panoramic seascape lit with raking light turns humans into stick figure shapes with no central point of focus. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed la...

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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Vintage Vegas Fremont Street Neon
Vintage Vegas Fremont Street Neon

Vintage Vegas Fremont Street Neon

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

This photograph is of Vintage Las Vegas - The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974 The work is signed and dated, with the number lower right, 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont Street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...

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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974, Abstract Photography
The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974, Abstract Photography

The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 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 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...

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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Girl Looking Out - Landscape of the City - Landscape of Life
Girl Looking Out - Landscape of the City - Landscape of Life

Girl Looking Out - Landscape of the City - Landscape of Life

By Mitchell Funk

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...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Fremont Street Neon Photograph, Impressionist, 1974, Signed, 4/15
Fremont Street Neon Photograph, Impressionist, 1974, Signed, 4/15

Fremont Street Neon Photograph, Impressionist, 1974, Signed, 4/15

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 4/15. It's printed later, unframed and other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs...

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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Neutral Colors: Smooth n' Easy Lavender Tree
Neutral Colors: Smooth n' Easy Lavender Tree

Neutral Colors: Smooth n' Easy Lavender Tree

By Robert Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Neutral Colors - Nature formed by man. Understated natural color defines orderly natural forms and evokes a sense of peace and tranquility. Shot with a Hi-res 36 mega pixel camera ...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Waterfall of Spanish Moss. Neutral Colors
Waterfall of Spanish Moss. Neutral Colors

Waterfall of Spanish Moss. Neutral Colors

By Robert Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Art made by God. Signed, dating and numbered 2/15 recto, unframed, printed later, other size available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper and printed later Robert Funk is a pho...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Inkjet

Pink Flowers - Magenta Flowers  Wispy Impressionist,   Abstract Photography
Pink Flowers - Magenta Flowers  Wispy Impressionist,   Abstract Photography

Pink Flowers - Magenta Flowers Wispy Impressionist, Abstract Photography

By Robert Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Use the 1st image as a reference for color. It's a cornucopia of cotton candy colors. A blanket of beautiful flowers in pink shot in America's most beautiful city... San Francisco. Signed, numbered and dated on verso, 3/15 , unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Jazz Musicians:  Night Blue City Lights
Jazz Musicians:  Night Blue City Lights

Jazz Musicians: Night Blue City Lights

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Since the late 1960's Mitchell Funk has pioneered powerful bold and graphic images. His work is about the color and the shape Signature: Signed Dated and numbered lower right 3/15, ...

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1980s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Colorful Boats, East Hampton

Colorful Boats, East Hampton

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Signed and dated on lower right, 3/15 numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, printed later, Hahnemuhle Baryta Fne Art Paper.

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Blurred New York Skyline

Blurred New York Skyline

By Mitchell Funk

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...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

New York Skyline in Yellow and blue

New York Skyline in Yellow and blue

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Late afternoon light baths the downtown skyline in a impressionist palette of soft light blues and pale yellows. The camera angle, lighting and long lens which compresses spaces tra...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Girl in East Hampton Pond

Girl in East Hampton Pond

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Shipping should be around $100 Girl in East Hampton Pond Signature: Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 4/15, unframed. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photog...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Single Scull  East Hampton,  Nature Photography by Mitchell Funk

Single Scull East Hampton, Nature Photography by Mitchell Funk

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Single Scull East Hampton, poetic moment of supreme tranquility and harmony of subject and pictorial structure Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso 3/15, Printed Lat...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Golden Gate Bridge at Sunrise , Misty Light in Blue

Golden Gate Bridge at Sunrise , Misty Light in Blue

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Soft misty light pours into the scene evoking a poetic expression of a lyrical landscape. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size availabl...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cactus, Original Photographic Print, 2014

Cactus, Original Photographic Print, 2014

By Marc Garrison

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Paper, Digital

Winter Tree

Winter Tree

By Marc Garrison

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Paper, Digital

Ice Art, Winter Scene Nature Photography Print, 2015

Ice Art, Winter Scene Nature Photography Print, 2015

By Marc Garrison

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Paper, Digital

Bus Window 4

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bus Window 3

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bus Window 5

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Dawn Chorus Unbound

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Kiss from a Rose

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Curled Epiphany

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Flowers at Giverny

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Double Rainbow over Paris

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Towers of San Gimignano

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 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Double Double

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 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Save the Last Dance for Me

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Bus Window 1

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Zabriskie View

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Crepuscular Coast

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Purple Haze

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hecata Head

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Melody with Dahlia

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Godafoss

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Rollback

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Klamath Bar

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

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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.