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
Statue of Liberty New York Harbor at Sunset with Green Light
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
Man and Dog in New York City Park Early Morning Light Impressionism
Located in Miami, FL
From a high angle, we see early morning light skim across the surface of an outdoor basketball court, creating long, dramatic shadows and poetic patterns. In the center of the compos...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hedge Fun - Naples, Florida - Happy Colors Landscaping, Abstract Photography
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Landscaping in Naples, Florida gives the residents and visitors a visual treat. The community has transformed a typical banal Florida city into an outdoor art exhibition of by Land...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ocean 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
New York City Snow Abstract Architecture, Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
A New York City snowstorm allows Street Photographer Mitchell Funk to transform facades of Upper Eastside walkups into a stunning impressionist cityscape. Monochromatic grays are pun...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Central Park Snow Storm, By Mitchell Funk, Landscape Photography, Impressionism
Located in Miami, FL
Snow comes to Manhattans' Central Park and veteran street photographer Mitchell Funk captures it. Besides the understated muted beauty of the image, it's a document of emptiness in ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Statue of Liberty and Ferry in Morning Mist
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, printed later, other sizes available
Category
1970s 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
Portrait of a San Francisco Cable Car Soaked in Bronze Light
Located in Miami, FL
In an unexpected bronze light, Mitchell Funk captures a classic view of San Francisco with a portrait of a famed cable car. The reflection of light in the car's left window gives the...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
East Hampton Louse Point at Sunset with Warm Colors, Landscape Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The stunning natural beauty of East Hampton's Louse Point is artistically recorded by photographer Mitchell Funk in a chorus of golden browns and warm ochers.
The picture is ar...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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
Pink Flamingos Socializing with a Colorful Background
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
Street Basketball with Angelic Light Burst in Gold
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Hedge Fun - Miami Beach 3 (Green topiary garden) Street Art By The Rich
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Street Art By The Rich.
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Hedge Fun is a series that celebrates the landscaping commissioned by well-he...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Golden Light on 1970s Road - Street Photography: Literally
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photography: Literally. At a time when most color photographers were just pointing cameras and snapping images mostly during boring mid-day light, Mitchell Funk was innovatin...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jazz Trumpet Player by Mitchell Funk, Soulful Rainbow of Color Magenta Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. The color will vary ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Sailboats , Marina District, San Francisco - Blue Water , Blue Sky
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
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Brooklyn Heights Promenade in Golden Light - Magical Light - Edward Hopper
Located in Miami, FL
This early work by street photographer Mithcell Funk, shows a lone woman gazing out from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The whole image in ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Neighborhood Kids on Stoop in Red Hood Brooklyn - Vintage Brooklyn
Located in Miami, FL
Kids from the Neighborhood in Red Hood Brooklyn are hanging out. This is what Brooklyn was like in the early 1970s. Notice the metal garbage cans.
S...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
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
Jubilation Trees: San Francisco Victorian - Red Foliage
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful Jubilation Trees set against a charming Victorian in the Mission District of San Francisco.
Jubilation Trees are Art made by God.
Signed, dated and numbered 3/15 recto, un...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet, 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
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
Greenwich village Street Scene with Colorful Walls - Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, color photography was still not recognized as fine art. As a street photographer, Mitchell Funk breaks with traditional black and white photography and shoots on the ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Golden Gate Bridge at Sunrise , Misty Light in Blue
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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
Golden Gate Bridge with Vista of San Francisco in Pastel Pinks
Located in Miami, FL
Taken from Bernal Heights, San Francisco, Signed, dated lower and numbered 2-15 lower right recto, unframed, other sizes available, printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art pape...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Old New York Bar with Ballantine Beer Neon Sign
Located in Miami, FL
Moody image of a man looking out while the photographer looks in. The picture is organized in a composition of alternating floating faces and floating signs. This work also represen...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Golden Tree, Nature Photography by Robert Funk
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
The 1st image enlarged, should be most accurate for color.
Does Gold grow on Trees? Sometimes!
Shot with a Hi-res 36 megapixel camera which yields beautiful detail.
Signed, datin...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
View of Russian Hill in Blue, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
View of a blue Russian Hill, San Francisco.
This image is signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed and printed later. Print...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Park Avenue in the Rain
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
Girl in East Hampton Pond
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Tree Candy - Simpson Park Brickell Miami
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Trees taste good.
The first image enlarged is most accurate for color.
Signed, dating and numbered 4/15 recto, unframed, other sizes available. printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
Dog Park in Magenta - Dogs and People having Fun
Located in Miami, FL
New Yorkers walk their dogs in an upper east side park. The scene is shot at dawn. First light skims across the ground and gives the whole picture a mesmerizing quality in pinks and...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Rockefeller Center Nocturne in Art Deco Moody Blue, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Iconic New York City scenes have been creatively documented by the insightful eye of veteran photographer Mitchell Funk for over 50 years. His interpretation of one of Manhattan's ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Ducks in Flight with Blue water Droplets
Located in Miami, FL
The work is signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto with other sizes available, and unframed. The color of the photograph is quite subtle and will be rendered differently ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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 the...
Category
1960s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Tree Lost in Thought: Green and Purple
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.
Tree Lost in Thought in Green and Purple was shot in Hi-res that brings out selective foliage detail.
Trees are Art made by God.
Signed, dating...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Impressionist New York Street Scene
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, Dated, number Lower left recto, unframed, 4/15 other size available, unframed
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " C...
Category
2010s 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Tree, Nature Photography by Robert Funk
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Bossa Nova Blue Trees
The 1st image enlarged, should be most accurate for color.
Does Gold grow on Trees? Sometimes!
Shot with a Hi-res 36 megapixel camera which yields beautifu...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dream Girl
Located in Miami, FL
Done in 1970 during the psychedelic era, Mitchell Funk zooms a sleeping girl in Central Park. There a perfect balance between the zoom of colors emanating from her head and the as...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Covid-19, Cherry Blossom Park Avenue. No Cars but One Lone Figure and Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. There is beauty in disaster. Underlying a seemingly picturesque springtime New York scene lurks the question - " Where's the Traffic and People." Yet...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Red and Purple Tulips Flowers Petals
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.00 - Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 2/15, unframed, other sizes available
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Dogs in Snow, Monochromatic Colors, Abstract Photography by Michell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 other size available, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
New York Skyline, Hotel Dixie
Located in Miami, FL
In the early in1970's Mitchell Funk was one of the very few photo innovators who used extreme late afternoon golden light. In "Hotel Dixie, 1975, the intense light not only illumin...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pink Purple Flowers Wispy Impressionist
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
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 3/15 lr recto, unframed, printed later. other sizes are available. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Robert Funk is a pioneer of toy photography, doll photography...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, 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
Inkjet
Empire State building at dusk
Located in Miami, FL
A dramatic depiction of the classic vistas is a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's style.
signature: Signed and dated lower right and verso Unframed, 3/15 edition
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Times Square in the Rain
Located in Miami, FL
signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition of 3/15, Unframed. Other size available
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Impressionist photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Harold Davis, Robert Funk, and Marc Garrison. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist photography, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $65,500, while the average work sells for $4,250.