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
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 Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Old New York, Brooklyn Heights Promenade with Brooklyn Queens Expressway
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. A unique view of The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is shot with magical golden late afternoon light shot in 197...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Manhattan Skyscrapers: 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 and gold.
Mitchell Funk, has bee...
Category
2010s 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
Trumpet Player: 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 Photography
Materials
Inkjet
Peacock Displaying Blue and Green Plumage
Located in Miami, FL
The male peacock is a living work of art. Mitchell Funk has captured a moment of full display with iridescent coloration. Arguably, the male peacock ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
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
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 Photography
Materials
Inkjet
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
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
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
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 Photography
Materials
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
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
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 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
Blurred New York Skyline
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, Dated and Number lower right, 4/15, printed later, Unframed , other sizes available.
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when color wasn't consider...
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Tribeca in Gold, Street Photography by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Edward Hopper's sense of late light combined with the isolation and desolation of New York is depicted in color photography by Mitchell Funk. Golden light paints 70's New York in a m...
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Paper, 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
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
Category
1970s Impressionist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, 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
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
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
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
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
Blowing Rocks
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Magenta Sky at Dusk , Serene Sky in Blue and Magenta Running Man and Boats
Located in Miami, FL
A lone figure is captured running against a Magenta Sky at Dusk. He is small in the frame, with the vastness of nature as a backdrop. This image was taken in 1972 and exemplifies Pho...
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
East Village Bums, Tramps Smoking and Drinking at Blue Green Wall
Located in Miami, FL
Four East Village down-and-out derelicts and apparent friends sit on a step and engage in a lively chat. They are smoking and drinking. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures the...
Category
1960s Impressionist Photography
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 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
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
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 Photography
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 Photography
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 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
Pecocks in Green and Blue
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Double portrait of colorful peacocks with shimmering plumage set against a verdant background.
Robert Funk is a photographer and New York advertising art director for Print and TV....
Category
2010s Impressionist Photography
Materials
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
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.