This term "impression" also alludes to the effect the paintings produce on the viewer, and the feelings they evoke.
The paintings also produce tension between abstract formalism and representation.
German Expressionist painting produced a great number of works, and led to Neo-expressionism.
The composer wanted to translate in his composition the "almost cosmic whirling effect which (the painting) produces"
The expedition was seen as a success, however, and a painting produced of the victory.
But that same painting, on a different day, can produce in me an incredible feeling of the triumph of trying to express myself as an artist.
"This was interesting in that it showed how a painting is produced, not merely seen," he added.
But an evocative painting or a statue can produce unpredictable results, she said.
However, it is estimated that of all the panel paintings produced there, 99.9 percent have been lost.
This exhibition will present 70 drawings, paintings and performance-related objects produced over the last four decades.