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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
Bethesda Fountain in the Snow

Bethesda Fountain in the Snow

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

This is a straight shot. The two figures wrapped in colorful garb and corresponding colorful canines were not posed. The subjects are romping around in the snow and are captured in m...

Category

2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Deer, East Hampton

Deer, East Hampton

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Unframed

Category

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...

Category

2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Park Avenue in the Rain

Park Avenue in the Rain

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A magical Manhattan moment is captured with divergent light sources and supernatural color. A singular figure, front and center walks among the colorful cars. Chromogenic archiva...

Category

Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

New York City Glow

New York City Glow

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

The intense light not only illuminates form but melts it. Hard edge glass becomes soft. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unframed

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Runner Central Park
Runner Central Park

Runner Central Park

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

New York City is in bloom as a runner's bright red parker adds punctuation to an impressionist scene of soft pastels and lavenders and blue greys.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Paper, Digital

Blowing Rocks

Blowing Rocks

By Marc Garrison

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Blue Distance 2

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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 ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Manarola

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Panorama of the Kumano Sanzen Roppyaku Po

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Red, Pink, and Blue

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Cusp of Spring

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building, Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building, Brooklyn Heights Promenade

Wherever You Look, You See The Chrysler Building, Brooklyn Heights Promenade

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

This photograph was taken in 1970, yet it looks surprisingly contemporary. The giveaway is how underdeveloped the Manhattan skyline looks. Both towers of the World Trade Center are ...

Category

1970s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: The High Line

By Mitchell Funk

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

Glowing Chrysler Building and 42nd Street at Manhattanhenge
Glowing Chrysler Building and 42nd Street at Manhattanhenge

Glowing Chrysler Building and 42nd Street at Manhattanhenge

By Mitchell Funk

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

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Twin Towers
Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Twin Towers

Wherever You Look You See The Chrysler Building: Twin Towers

By Mitchell Funk

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

Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset
Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset

Manhattanhenge with Chrysler Building at Sunset

By Mitchell Funk

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

Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building
Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building

Empire State Building Chats with Chrysler Building

By Mitchell Funk

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

Colorful Rainbow with Flock of Birds in East Hampton, Symbolic of Togetherness
Colorful Rainbow with Flock of Birds in East Hampton, Symbolic of Togetherness

Colorful Rainbow with Flock of Birds in East Hampton, Symbolic of Togetherness

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A densely packed flock of birds fly over a beach in East Hampton while a magnificent rainbow serves as a backdrop. The tight formation of the flock of birds symbolizes unity and to...

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Big Sun Over New York City Bridge   - The Transience of Time.
Big Sun Over New York City Bridge   - The Transience of Time.

Big Sun Over New York City Bridge - The Transience of Time.

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

This dramatic image of an oversized sun with a silhouetted plane gracefully passing through conveys the transience of time. Two spires of the Triborough Bridge are centered in the co...

Category

2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Color Photography Abstraction of Park Bench in Central Park  -  Brooklyn Museum
Color Photography Abstraction of Park Bench in Central Park  -  Brooklyn Museum

Color Photography Abstraction of Park Bench in Central Park - Brooklyn Museum

By Mitchell Funk

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

Statue of Liberty New York Harbor at Sunset with Green Light
Statue of Liberty New York Harbor at Sunset with Green Light

Statue of Liberty New York Harbor at Sunset with Green Light

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

A vibrant orange sunset silhouettes the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. In the foreground, a partly out-of-focus green street light occupies the top half of the composi...

Category

1970s Impressionist Photography

Materials

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 ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Street Basketball with Angelic Light Burst in Gold
Street Basketball with Angelic Light Burst in Gold

Street Basketball with Angelic Light Burst in Gold

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Light jumps out. Players jump up. Light bounces off a window. Basketball bounces off a backboard. The interplay of extreme light and shadow makes "Street Basketball with Angelic Light " a unique and pioneering photograph. Taking in 1974, it was a rejection of contemporary color photography at the time, which was not concerned with light. This image by Funk is a glorification of light. As light strikes form, it becomes stylized and almost abstract, creating a new relationship between subject and style. An indication of the date this was taken is revealed by the old fashion TV antennas...

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1970s Impressionist Photography

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Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Pink Flamingos Socializing with a Colorful Background
Pink Flamingos Socializing with a Colorful Background

Pink Flamingos Socializing with a Colorful Background

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

Pink Flamingos are social animals. They gather in large groups and chat it up. Their gregarious natures is a benefit for photographers. Individually the bird is a living sculpture. A...

Category

1990s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Impressionist Street Scene Manhattan in Snow   - Reds and Greys
Impressionist Street Scene Manhattan in Snow   - Reds and Greys

Impressionist Street Scene Manhattan in Snow - Reds and Greys

By Mitchell Funk

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...

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2010s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Volleyball in Central Park with Golden Light at the Magic Hour - Impressionist
Volleyball in Central Park with Golden Light at the Magic Hour - Impressionist

Volleyball in Central Park with Golden Light at the Magic Hour - Impressionist

By Mitchell Funk

Located in Miami, FL

New Yorkers are captured in leisure time with a magical golden rim light that transforms the subjects into shapes. Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes avail...

Category

1970s Impressionist Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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.