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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
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

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

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 Art

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 Art

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 Art

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 Art

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 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

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 Art

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 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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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 Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

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 Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, 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 Art

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 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

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 Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

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

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 Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

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

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 Art

Materials

Inkjet

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Art

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 Art

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 Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Impressionist art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist art 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 art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue and other colors. Many Pop art Paintings/style/impressionist/?creator=richard-szkutnik paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Vahe Yeremyan, Richard Szkutnik, Iryna Kastsova, and Mitchell Funk. Frequently made by artists working with Oil Paint, and Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $225 and tops out at $7,200, while the average work sells for $1,423.

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