David Imms
David Imms | |
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 David Imms in 2004 | |
| Born | 1945 |
| Education | Central School of Art and Design London |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse | Married |
| Website | https://www.daveimms.com/ |
David Imms (born 1945) is an English artist and painter.
Imms was born near Derby and studied at Derby College of Art (1962–64) and at Central School of Art and Design, London (1964–67).[1]
He has had numerous one-man exhibitions and his work is widely represented in private and public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, University of London, Queen Mary College London, Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.[2]
His work is influenced by the West Country landscape and reflects literary and historical associations, such as Thomas Hardy's Dorset, and the prehistoric earthworks and standing stones of Wiltshire.[3]
Awarded the Northern Arts Purchase Award and Llewellyn Smith Scholarship.[4] Imms lives and works in Finedon, Northamptonshire.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Buckman David (2006). Artists in Britain since 1945. Bristol: Art Dictionaries. p. 803. ISBN 978-0953260959.
- ^ "British Contemporary Artist - David Imms - British Art". britishartportfolio.co.uk. 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Imms David - University of Stirling". stir.ac.uk. 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Buckman, David (2014). "ISSUU - Artist Biography I by Goldmark Gallery". issuu.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "David Imms". fossegallery.com. 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Frances Spalding, 20th Century Painters and Sculptors, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club 1990, p. 265 ISBN 978-1851491063
- Alan Windsor (ed.), Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980, Aldershot: Scolar Press 1992, p. 150 ISBN 978-0859678230
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| Artists | |
- Alumni of the University of Derby
- Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design
- Living people
- 1945 births
- English contemporary artists
- 20th-century British painters
- English male painters
- 21st-century British painters
- Artists from Derby
- People from Finedon
- 20th-century British male artists
- 21st-century British male artists