“I will astonish Paris with an apple.” Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) astonished more than just Paris with his art. Over his career, the renowned, post-impressionist master created over 200 still life...
In 1937, the soon to be doomed Spanish Republican government commissioned Pablo Picasso to paint a mural for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in...
The 1960s was a revolutionary decade that turned traditional Western norms on their heads. Consumerism culture was growing, spurred by the emergence of television, and a “generation gap” was dividing...
Trees have long been a cross-cultural symbol of growth and connectivity. Even Charles Darwin famously used the Tree of Life metaphor in On the Origin of Species to describe the...
René Magritte (1898-1967) was always keen to distinguish the real from the perceived. A common motif in this Belgian surrealist’s art is the veiled faces, most notably used in The...
On May 8, 1889, Vincent Van Gogh admitted himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in southern France following a particularly devastating breakdown where he mutilated part of his own ear. During...
[caption id="attachment_2990" align="alignleft" width="2550"] As any historian will tell you, to understand the future you must first look to the past. And so, for this future-themed issue of IMMpress Magazine,...
[caption id="attachment_2829" align="aligncenter" width="1275"] For this issue of IMMpress Magazine, we look to the ultimate Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci, whose claim to fame spans everything from painting, music, and...
For this issue, our cover turns to the strange and sometimes unsettling style of Surrealism. While Surrealist art may be most commonly known for its vivid imagery, the style has...
[caption id="attachment_2420" align="aligncenter" width="2527"] "Portrait of a Scientist" - Acrylic paint on canvas paper. This issue, the cover of IMMpress turns to the abstract world of Cubism. Cubism was a significant...