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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
"Yeow! Point, Death Valley" - Abstracted Black & White Landscape Photograph
"Yeow! Point, Death Valley" - Abstracted Black & White Landscape Photograph

"Yeow! Point, Death Valley" - Abstracted Black & White Landscape Photograph

By Jeff Nixon

Located in Soquel, CA

"Yeow! Pt, Death Valley", a black and white landscape photograph that borders on abstraction by Jeff Nixon (American, 20th century). Signed "Jeff Nixon" lower right. Titled "Yeow! Pt, Death Valley" on verso. Unframed. Photograph size: 8"H x 9.5"W. Mat,12"H x 15"W. Jeff Nixon began photographing in the late 1960's, and by the end of the millennium had acquired an impressive list of credentials; many years as a year round resident of Yosemite Valley, noted instructor in the techniques of black and white photography which he gleaned from his years of working with Ansel Adams, and learning the Zone System from the master himself. Jeff has been an instructor for two California Junior Colleges, Modesto and Columbia, has led extension courses for UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley, and taught and lectured in numerous seminars and classes. He has taught workshops and has had many showings nationwide, working with Morley Baer, Chris Rainier, Rod Dresser, and John Sexton...

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1980s Impressionist Black and White Photography

Materials

Paper, Silver Gelatin

"Night Train #9" Outside Scenery in Black and White Viewed From a Speedy Train
"Night Train #9" Outside Scenery in Black and White Viewed From a Speedy Train

"Night Train #9" Outside Scenery in Black and White Viewed From a Speedy Train

By Philippe Saucourt

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This artwork by Philippe Saucourt was created with a mixed technique of acrylic painting on photos printed on paper mounted on a wood panel. This artwork is varnished and it is frame...

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2010s Impressionist Black and White Photography

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Reflections in the Maine Woods

Reflections in the Maine Woods

By Harold Davis

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This image reminds of Walden Pond, and the peaceful views seen by Henry Thoreau. Words that describe this piece: pond, reflections, au...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Black and White Photography

Materials

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Black and White Tree, Nature Photography Print, 2016

Black and White Tree, Nature Photography Print, 2016

By Marc Garrison

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This Black and white image is a standard nature shot taken digitally and converted to infrared. Keywords: Infrared, nature, black and white, photo

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Black and White Photography

Materials

Paper, Digital

Winter Tree

Winter Tree

By Marc Garrison

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: This image was taken in a wintry day in Ann Arbor , Michigan. You can really sense the cold and the snow by looking at this image. I like the solid layer of snow at the bottom of the image. It's a very moody image. Keywords: tree, infrared, photo, black and white, branch, branches, winter, snow, winter tree...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Black and White Photography

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Paper, Digital

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Impressionist black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist black and white 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. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Marc Garrison, Harold Davis, Jeff Nixon, and Philippe Saucourt. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Archival Pigment Print 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 black and white photography, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for black and white 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 $323 and tops out at $3,500, while the average work sells for $1,000.