David Imms

{{Short description|English artist and painter}}

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| caption = David Imms in 2004

| birth_date = 1945

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| education = Central School of Art and Design London

| occupation = Artist

| spouse = Married

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| website = https://www.daveimms.com/

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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).{{cite book | title=Artists in Britain since 1945 | publisher=Bristol: Art Dictionaries | author=Buckman David | year=2006 | pages=803 | isbn=978-0953260959}}

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.{{cite web |url= http://www.britishartportfolio.co.uk/contemporary-british-art/david-imms/ |title=British Contemporary Artist - David Imms - British Art |first= |last= |work=britishartportfolio.co.uk |year=2014 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}

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.{{cite web |url= http://www.stir.ac.uk/artcol/artist-list/immsdavid/ |title=Imms David - University of Stirling |first= |last= |work=stir.ac.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}

Awarded the Northern Arts Purchase Award and Llewellyn Smith Scholarship.{{cite web |url= http://issuu.com/powershift/docs/dictionary_i |title=ISSUU - Artist Biography I by Goldmark Gallery |first=David |last=Buckman |work=issuu.com |year=2014 |accessdate=12 January 2014}}

Imms lives and works in Finedon, Northamptonshire.{{cite web |url= http://www.fossegallery.com/artistsdetails.php?name=David%20Imms |title=David Imms |first= |last= |work=fossegallery.com |year=2014 |accessdate=1 January 2014}}