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
Golden Classical 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. Signed, dated and numbered lower rig...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Palace Of Fine Arts Marina District of San Francisco with Runner Pastel Colors
Located in Miami, FL
Early morning light evokes a soft pastel San Francisco landscape. Signed, Dated, number Lower left 3/15 recto, unframed, other size available.
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Sabrett Hot Dog Vendors, Times Square, Golden Light, Street Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: Signed, Dated, Numbers 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available and unframe, unframed, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Noble Lion Silhouetted at Sunset, Animal Photography by Mitchell Funk
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 . P...
Category
1980s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Manhattan: Gold and Blue Reflections Photography
Located in Miami, FL
Manhattan: Gold and Blue Reflections, Shot from Jersey, Manhattan monoliths are transformed into gleaming and beautiful abstract patters of blue an...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City Skyline with Gold light
Located in Miami, FL
New York City Skyline with Gold light . Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 2 /15, Unframed, printed later, Other sizes available. PRi...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Magenta Umbrella
Located in Miami, FL
Signature: signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso 2/15, , Unframed Dashes of cool greys and accents of blues and magenta vibrate subtly across the picture surface ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
White Ducks in Prism of Color, Fine Art Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
White Ducks in Prism of Color is an early work where a creative color effect is used to express the evocative nature of a picturesque nature scene
Signed and dated on lower right, ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Two Umbrellas in New York Snowstorm
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy snow creates a shadowless scene which allows blue and red umbrellas to pop out from a subdued background. Funk captures a magic moment of perfect spacial and color harmony.
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Category
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...
Category
Impressionist Photography
Materials
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
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
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
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
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
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
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
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Deer, East Hampton
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
Water Music Series #4996 : landscape photography
Located in New York, NY
Landscape photography by fine art and documentary photographer Holly Gordon.
Holly Gordon is one of the many treasures that Long Island has to offer, co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Music Series #5040 : landscape photography
Located in New York, NY
Landscape photography by fine art and documentary photographer Holly Gordon.
Holly Gordon is one of the many treasures that Long Island has to offer, co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Music Series #5037 : landscape photography
Located in New York, NY
Landscape photography by fine art and documentary photographer Holly Gordon.
Holly Gordon is one of the many treasures that Long Island has to offer, co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Category
Impressionist Photography
Materials
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, printed later, Hahnemuhle Baryta Fne Art Paper.
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
Flower Hat in Yellows, Blues and Pinks
Located in Miami, FL
Woman as a flower.
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso ,3/15 unframed. Other sizes available,
Mitchell Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian
Mitchell ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Oil
Purple San Francisco Victorian
Located in Miami, FL
The Color Purple by man and by nature. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 1/15, other size available, unframed
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
East Hampton Swimming Pool in the Rain
Located in Miami, FL
Soft pinks and blues beckon in the rain
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15, other size available, unframed, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
New York Skyline in Yellow and blue
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...
Category
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...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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.
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Child Cat
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Photography
Materials
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,
Category
20th Century Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
New York City Glow
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
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
Chrysler Building Crown with Gold Light - Mitchell Funk, urban photography
Located in Miami, FL
Precise composition with magical late late is a hallmark of Mithcell Funk's work
This image is signed, dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work ...
Category
1990s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1960s Impressionist Photography
Materials
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
Price Upon Request
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
Price Upon Request
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 Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Price Upon Request
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.