Impressionist Art
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
Artist: Mitchell Funk
Artist: Richard Szkutnik
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 Art
Materials
Inkjet
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
Materials
Photographic 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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Oil
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
1990s Impressionist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Chrysler Building at Night with New York Skyline Vista
Located in Miami, FL
The Chrysler Building rises like a rocket ship in a glittering sky, conveying a sense of boundlessness. An aura of soft light caresses the scene, giving it a touch of mystical signif...
Category
1980s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Big Sun Over New York City Bridge - The Transience of Time.
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Aspen Colorado Golden Landscape Luminous Lines of Light and Bicycle
Located in Miami, FL
Golden rays transform power lines into luminous lines of light that stretch across the Aspen landscape. A solitary biker punctuates the scene. Over his 55-year photography career, M...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Public Statues. Young Boy and Old Man in New York City Park
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Foggy San Francisco Skyline with Ship - Impressionist Misty Blue
Located in Miami, FL
One of the defining characteristics of Mitchell Funk's work is how he shoots with light. In "Foggy San Francisco Skyline with Ship," Funk takes light into a new realm and in doing so...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Children's Playground Central Park in Impressionist Blue and Magenta.
Located in Miami, FL
This image was shot in Central Park. Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the intoxicatingly beautiful optical effect of natural light as it skims off of wooden swings...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Green Dog Yellow 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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Magical New York in Autumn Colors with Golden Light on Glowing Bridge
Located in Miami, FL
Color Photographer Mithcell Funk captures a magical moment when light strikes the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City. Muted autumn colors interact in a syncopated rhythm producing ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Central Park Boat House in Golden Light Impressionist Reflections
Located in Miami, FL
Trailblazing photographer Mitchell Funk explores the possibilities of abstraction in a documentary photograph. Golden light reflects off the water creating an impressionist like ab...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Central Park at Dawn First Light in Blue and Yellow Mist, Fine Art Photography
Located in Miami, FL
The movie light illuminates a path in Central Park on a foggy morning. The circular light appears behind a light pole and appears as if it would be the su...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
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 Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974, Abstract Photography
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...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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 Art
Materials
Inkjet
Landscape of Umbrellas in the Rain - Moody New York Afternoon
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Trumpet Player by Mitchell Funk Soulful Rainbow of Color
Located in Miami, FL
Signed dated and numbered lower right recto Edition 2/15 Unframed. Printed later. Other sizes are available.
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography". In 1970 he participat...
Category
1980s Impressionist Art
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Autumn in Central Park with Black Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.
Nature's beauty is on full display right smack in the middle of Manhattan but there is more.
A single black dog is the cent...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Art
Materials
Inkjet
Big Bubbles and the Bethesda Fountain.
Located in Miami, FL
Big bubble blowers create alien-looking biomorphic forms that frame the winged neo-classical bronze Bethesda Fountain crowed with pigeons.
It's set again...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Inkjet
Noble Lion at Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.
Noble lion caught in quintessential and heroic pose against primal sunset sunet. Signed, dated and numbered lower right recto. 4/15 Printed later, un...
Category
1980s Impressionist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Impressionist Magenta Trees Central Park
Located in Miami, FL
This is a groundbreaking early example of negative color manipulated with color filters. Executed on 35mm film emulsion. It's a poetic and lyrical evocation of a fairytale landscape...
Category
1970s Impressionist Art
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 Art
Materials
Inkjet
Central Park Bow Bridge with Golden Light
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, dated, numbered, 3/15 unframed, other size available
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Word Trade Center in Blue, New York
Located in Miami, FL
Mitchell Funk has been shooting the WTC as it was being built in 1970. Here is his latest artistic interpretation of the famous site, Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numb...
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, 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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
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
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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 Art
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 Art
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 Art
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
Category
2010s Impressionist Art
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 Art
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 Art
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