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Born 1931 New York City. Known for: Monochromatic vista, graphics.
Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac,... Read full biography
Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac, nearly surrealistic mood in haunting, silent landscapes; the melancholy of nostalgia. Trees, in mid... Read full biography
Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac, nearly surrealistic mood in haunting, silent landscapes; the melancholy of nostalgia. Trees, in mid and far-distance, form clusters or act as misty individuals containing a haunted, indefinable presence, witnesses to the foreground drama of more specific shape, form and detail, often a close-up... Read full biography
Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac, nearly surrealistic mood in haunting, silent landscapes; the melancholy of nostalgia. Trees, in mid and far-distance, form clusters or act as misty individuals containing a haunted, indefinable presence, witnesses to the foreground drama of more specific shape, form and detail, often a close-up tree. Kipniss studied at the Art Students League* in 1947; Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, 1948-50; and the University of Iowa, receiving a BA degree in English literature in 1952, and an MFA in painting and art history in 1954. The artist... Read full biography
Robert Kipniss, painter and printmaker, was born in New York City in 1931. He creates essentially monochromatic*, stylized vistas with natural and architectural elements intended to evoke an elegiac, nearly surrealistic mood in haunting, silent landscapes; the melancholy of nostalgia. Trees, in mid and far-distance, form clusters or act as misty individuals containing a haunted, indefinable presence, witnesses to the foreground drama of more specific shape, form and detail, often a close-up tree. Kipniss studied at the Art Students League* in 1947; Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, 1948-50; and the University of Iowa, receiving a BA degree in English literature in 1952, and an MFA in painting and art history in 1954. The artist employs a meticulous technique combining a multiplicity of specific strokes, whether with brush, pencil or print-maker's needle and burin*,... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Copperplate, Zinc Etching and/or Mezzotint
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Silhouettist
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Silhouettes, Silhouette Portraiture
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Cannon Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Leo Meissner Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Ralph Fabri Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Artist Colony
- •Silvermine Guild, Art Colony
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Silvermine Artists Guild
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art