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
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...
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Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Colorful Boats, East Hampton
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, 3/15 numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Bethesda Fountain in the Snow
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...
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Road to Davenport Landscape Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Road to Davenport 2", a serene color photograph on Fujicolor professional paper by Richard F. Singer (American, 20th Century). Signed "Richard Singer" and dated "16" lower right. Ti...
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Ocean Drive South Beach
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, printed later, other sizes available
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
View of Russian Hill, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Unframed Other sizes available , printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a pione...
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
San Francisco in Gold with
Located in Miami, FL
Luminous late afternoon light baths the city in soft golden energy. I lone Motorcyclist adds a dynamic to this well structured composition.
Signed and dated on lower right, number...
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sledding in Central Park Snow
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, printed later, other sizes available
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Deer, East Hampton
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Unframed
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
San Francisco Nocturne
Located in Miami, FL
The joy of photography is on full display as Mitchell Funk captures the moody blues and reds of San Francisco's California street . Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on vers...
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1990s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
San Francisco Cable Cars against Bay Bridge
Located in Miami, FL
Compositional exactitude and magical gold lighting describe this iconic work of San Franscico
Signed , dated lower right, Edition 2 /15 Printed later, unframed, other size available...
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1990s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Film
Dogs in Snow Storm, Madison Square, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
A palette of soft greys and magentas serves as the perfect environment to render fun loving New Yorkers and their dogs semi silhouetted abstract shapes.
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1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Central Park in Negative Color
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk is a very early pioneer of color photography. In this striking image, he is using negative color to give an simultaneous beautiful yet eerie effect . Remarkably, Centra...
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Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Central Park Dog Walkers
Located in Miami, FL
Magical late afternoon golden light pours into the scene illuminating heads and Silhouetting figures. The intriguing arrangement of visual elements creates an unorthodox mysterious w...
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1990s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
New York City Snow Scene with American Flag
Located in Miami, FL
Photo-impressionist work from a birds-eye view Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
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
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1970s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Sutton Place Manhattan with 59th Street Bridge
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, other sizes available
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
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...
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1970s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Mail Boxes in the Snow , Long Island
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 2 of 15, Unframed , Other sizes available
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2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Manhattan from Long Island City, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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1970s Impressionist Photography
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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
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...
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2010s Impressionist Photography
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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink
Fifth Avenue in a blizzard
Located in Miami, FL
City traffic never seemed so beautiful. l2/15 Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available
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Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Bow Bridge
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, unframed. Other sizes available, other sizes available Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
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2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
Walking the Dog in Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Golden late light rushes in central park with illuminate a man and his dog with a glowing ring of light. This was done in 1973 and due to new sky scrapper construction this angle i...
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1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Oil
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
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2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City Snow Sceen
Located in Miami, FL
Blending colors of an impressionist palette evokes a lyrical New York street scene. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unfr...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Miami Causeway in Blue
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Central Park in the Snow
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso Edition 3 of 15. Unframed. Other size available,
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20th Century Impressionist Photography
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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...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Lombard Street, San Francisco in Golden Light, Color Photography Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Lombard Street, A Popular tourist location has a magical look. Mitchell Funk, waits for the right light at the right time of year.
Signature: Signed, dated, numbered lower right r...
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1990s Impressionist Photography
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Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
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...
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2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Colorful People Central Park Snow
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cherry blossoms Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 Printed later, other size available, unframed
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2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Magical light on road. Litchfield, Connecticut
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.
As if it were illuminated from an unearthly source, a Ford Falcon glows as it cruises down a country road. Mitchell Funk pioneered the use of late, dr...
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1960s Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Runner Central Park
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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Child Cat
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
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21st Century and Contemporary 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
"Normandy France" Moody Landscape Photograph
Located in Baltimore, MD
Edition: 10/25
This photograph is matted and framed. The unframed dimensions are 39.75 X 57.75 inches.
Robert Farber’s style has influenced generations of photographers. His painte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Watching The Sunset
By Ivan Butorac
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A delightful new work by the artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled #23 (from Unfocused Series)
By Anne K Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anne K Smith
Title: Untitled #23 (from Unfocused Series)
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on Museo Silver Rag
Size: 16 x 10.5 inches
Available in sets of 3 (mix and match)
Entire "Unfo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Untitled #12 (from Unfocused Series)
By Anne K Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anne K Smith
Title: Untitled #12 (from Unfocused Series)
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on Museo Silver Rag
Size: 10.5 x 16 inches
Available in sets of 3 (mix and match)
Entire "Unfo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Inkjet
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.