Known for his plein air landscape paintings,[1] Imber experimented with different influences, styles, and subject matter all his life.
[3] The former director of the Danforth Museum called him one of the most important painters of his generation and placed him in the lineage of Boston Expressionists.
Throughout these changes he maintained a unique style of gestural brush strokes and an intimate sense of knowing his subject that goes beyond observation.
"[2] Imber studied with Philip Guston at Boston University[7][5] and he often cited Willem de Kooning as one of his influences.
[8] Others have noted that Marsden Hartley, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, and Max Beckmann were among his influences.