In this candid memoir, Kipniss recounts the ups and downs of his early career, the failures and successes of gallery exhibitions and gaining recognition, and the joys and struggles of trying to support a family as an artist, all while tenaciously developing his unique style of landscape painting. < Back to all books Robert Kipniss: A Working Artist's Life Hardcover: consult Bookfinder for availability Published by the University Press of New England, 2011 In this candid memoir, Kipniss recounts the ups and downs of his early career, the failures and successes of gallery exhibitions and gaining recognition, and the joys and struggles of trying to support a family as an artist, all while tenaciously developing his unique style of landscape painting. "Poetry and painting were equal passions of mine until I turned thirty and became a father, and I had to earn more money. Getting an evening job meant making a choice, and I stayed with painting, shelving my writing as something I would return to later, perhaps when I was much older," he wrote in the introduction. Decades later he began writing down memories, and when he was fifty-two, he wrote twenty-eight chapters of something he thought might eventually become a memoir. Writing on a typewriter was laborious and discouraging, and he ended up putting the pages aside except for essays about working as an artist for gallery catalogs. After he bought a computer and rewriting became easier, he took up the memoir again. When he neared the ending, he recalls: "I was startled and pleased to see that instead of a random collection of episodes, I saw my life emerging as a whole. I found a consistency and coherence that was as much a function of personality, instinct, and my compulsion to create as it was of conscious thought. It was a perspective impossible to have until I had lived almost eighty years." "Writing about my life has been a little like reliving it, but with the advantage of seeing the unfolding problems and troubles in the context of their eventual resolution. I found this second visit a good thing, even with its many uncomfortable moments, and it has left me at peace, my enthusiasm undiminished." E-book: Brandeis University Press Reviews Sidney Offit "I was enlightened, entertained, and frequently moved by this portrait of the artist composed with a touch of the poet." — Sidney Offit, author of Memoir of the Bookie's Son ; Curator Emeritus, George Polk Journalism Awards; and president, Author’s Guild Association Avis Berman "Like his paintings, Kipniss's prose is clear and evocative, and readers will enjoy following his adventures as he fences against the follies and venality of the art world." — Avis Berman, art historian and author of Rebels on Eighth Street E. John Bullard "Few great painters are great writers, but Kipniss is an exception. In his sensitive and personal memoir, we discover his passionate struggle to achieve his artistic goals, balancing the obligations of his personal life with the great demands of his art." — E. John Bullard, Director Emeritus, New Orleans Museum of Art William A. Kinnison "This is a rare treat. A working artist reviews his life with the same skill with words that he has with brush and stylus." — William A. Kinnison, President Emeritus, Wittenberg University Richard J. Boyle "Robert Kipniss has fashioned a memoir of clarity, sensitivity and insight. Anyone seriously interested in art and the lives of artists, but especially in the mysterious and always fascinating connection between an artist's life and his work, would find this book both enlightening and enjoyable."-- Richard J. Boyle, art historian, former director, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Carol Ascher "Kipniss is an engagingly unpretentious and often humorous raconteur, with pitch-perfect dialogue and a wonderful eye for the telling detail. It's a pleasure to ride along with Kipniss on his candid, well-paced, and witty romp through the New York art world and his life in art." — Carol Ascher, author of Afterimages: A Family Memoir

Robert Kipniss has exhibited at major museums and institutions since 1951. Here you can see current exhibitions and a selection of past solo and group shows. EXHIBITIONS The Whispering Light Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2006 View More Quiet Intersections: The Graphic Work of Robert Kipniss Syracuse University, 2015-16 View More Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection New Orleans Museum of Art, 2006 View More SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Robert Kipniss: Selections from the New Orleans Museum of Art , CK Contemporary, San Francisco. View Catalog 2023 Solemn Spaces: Works by Robert Kipniss , Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana Robert Kipniss: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints , The Old Print Shop, New York, New York Robert Kipniss: Shades of Nature , The Artist Book Foundation, North Adams, Massachusetts 2018 Robert Kipniss: An Exhibition of New and Old Paintings, Mezzotints, and Drypoints , The Old Print Shop, New York, New York. View Catalog 2016 Robert Kipniss: New Mezzotints, Drypoints, and Paintings , The Old Print Shop, New York, New York. View Portfolio 2016 Recent Acquisitions: Prints by Robert Kipniss , Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia 2012 Robert Kipniss: Recent Paintings, Franklin Riehlman Gallery , New York, New York 2011 Robert Kipniss: Mezzotints and Paintings , Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut 2010 Robert Kipniss: Light and Shadow, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas, Wichita Falls, Texas (37 prints from the museum's collection) Robert Kipniss: Works on Paper and Canvas , Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri 2004 Robert Kipniss: Mezzotints, Drypoints, Drawings , Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut 2002 Robert Kipniss: Lithographs from the Artist’s Archives1968-1990 , Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco (exh. cat) 2001 Robert Kipniss: Paintings and Drawings , Beadleston Gallery, New York, New York (exh. cat) 2000 Robert Kipniss: Painter/Printmaker , Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco (exh. cat) Robert Kipniss: Prints and Drawings , Redfern Gallery, London 1999 Robert Kipniss: Mezzotints, Lithographs , Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin (exh. cat) Robert Kipniss , The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Transitions: Drawings, 1960-64 / Robert Kipniss , Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas 1997 Robert Kipniss: The Image and the Medium , Wichita Falls Museum & Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas 1996 Robert Kipniss Intaglios , The Century Association, New York, New York 1994 Robert Kipniss: Recent Paintings, Drawings, Drypoints, Mezzotints, Lithographs , Hexton Gallery, New York 1989 The Art of Robert Kipniss , Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois 1988 Robert Kipniss: New Oil Paintings , Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida 1985 Robert Kipniss: A Collection of Recent Prints , Springfield Art Center, Springfield, Ohio 1983 Robert Kipniss: Inner Landscapes , Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago, Illinois 1981 The Inner Landscape: The Paintings and Lithographs of Robert Kipniss, The Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, Connecticut 1981 Robert Kipniss: Inner Landscapes , Springfield Art Center, Springfield, Ohio Hidden Visions: A 30-year Retrospective of the Art of Robert Kipniss , Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago, Illinois Robert Kipniss: Recent Prints,1980-81 , Art Connections Gallery, Saint Louis (supplement to Karl Lunde’s 1980 catalogue raisonné by Richard Lundgren released) 1980 Robert Kipniss: Recent Paintings , Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York 1979 Kipniss: An Exhibition of Lithographs In Celebration of the Rededication of Koch Hall , Wittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio 1977 Robert Kipniss: Ten Years of Lithography , Associated American Artists, New York, New York (exh. cat) 1975 Robert Kipniss , Centro de Arte Actual, Pereira, Colombia Robert Kipniss: óleos et litografías , Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia (4 paintings and 45 lithographs) 1963 Robert Kipniss: Recent Paintings , FAR Gallery, New York 1959 An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Robert Kipniss , The Contemporaries, New York 1955 Robert Kipniss: Landscapes , Allen R. Hite Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 SAGA l The Society of American Graphic Artists , The Gallery at The Met Store, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (exh cat) 2021 Living With Art: The Alexander Walker Collection, The British Museum, London, and four additional UK institutions (exh cat, curated and with essay by Catherine Daunt, 4 works with commentary and illustrations, pages 146-47) 2017 Recent Acquisitions , The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York 2016 In Print , Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, New York Cornucopia: Still Lifes from the Collection , Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York 2015 Graphic Appeal: Modern Prints from the Permanent Collection , Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York (exh pamphlet) Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection , Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana Escape to Tranquility: The New American Landscape , The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi, 2015 (exh pamphlet) Sense of Place: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection , Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, Virginia Eye on UI: Brodsky, Dorfman, Kipniss, Lanyon, Figge Art Museum, Davenport Iowa 2014 Conversations: Selections from the Permanent Collection , Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida, 2014 2013 New Acquisitions , Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York 50/50 Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hofstra University Museum , Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, New York (exh cat) Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection , The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York 2012 The Disappearing Landscape: Selections from the Hofstra University Museum Collection , Hofstra University Museum of Art, Hempstead, New York (exh cat) 2011 Works from the Permanent Collection , The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut 2010 Surface Tension: Pattern, Texture, and Rhythm in Art from the Collection , Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection , The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York 2009 Icons of the Permanent Collection from Coast to Coast: American Landscapes , Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi Recent Acquisitions from the Syracuse University Art Collection , Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, New York, and Palitz Gallery, Syracuse University Art Galleries at Lubin House, New York, New York (exh pamphlet) 2007 Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings , Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida and The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (exh cat curated by and with an essay by Townsend Wolfe, illustration page 106) From Albers to Picasso: A Selection of 20th Century Prints , Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY Cortland (exh cat) 2006 Recent Acquisitions: Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut 2006 Biennial of American Prints, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia Highlights from the Permanent Collection, The Art Students League, New York, NY Traveled to: Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, Kentucky; Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts; Brunnier Art Museum, Ames, Iowa; Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont; Hillstrom Museum of Art, St. Peter, Minnesota; Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida; Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana; The Long Island Museums of American Art, Stony Brook, New York 2005 The Color of Night, The Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, The State of New Jersey, New Brunswick The Power of Place: The Berkshires, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 2004 Contemporary Prints from the Collection of the National Academy Museum (45 prints chosen from the collection of 1,500), National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, New York A Record of What Has Been Accomplished: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Art Students League of New York, The Forbes Galleries, New York, New York, (exh pamphlet) 2003 Object Lessons: Additions to the Collection,1997-2002, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York Celebrating a Decade of Growth: Selections from the Orlando Museum of Art's Permanent Collections, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida 2002 Pressed: Intaglio, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington A Century on Paper: Prints by Art Students League Artists, 1901-2001, USB PaineWebber Art Gallery, New York, New York, (exh cat, illustration page 19) 2001 Royal Academy Summer Show , Royal Academy, London 2000 Higher Ground: Works by Master Printmakers; David Becker, Robert Cottingham, Robert Kipniss, Peter Milton , Fine Arts Hall, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, Recent Acquisitions , The British Museum, London 1999 Treasures Revealed: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Works on Paper , National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, New York (exh cat.) No Day Without a Line, the History of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers,1880-1999 , Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (exh cat.) 1988 Invitational Exhibition , American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York 1978 Grabadores Norte Americanos: Will Barnet, Warrington Colescott, Robert Kipniss, Kenjilo Nanao , Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia 1976 II Bienal Americana de Artes Graficas , to be digitized and republished through a grant from The Getty Foundation, “The Paper Project: Three American Biennials of Graphic Arts, 1970s,” Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia 1972 Recent Acquisitions , Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York Recent Acquisitions , New York Public Library, New York, New York 1963 Moods of Light , American Federation of Arts, traveled to: Vanderbilt Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee; Andrew Dickson White Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, Iowa; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Paul Sargent Gallery, Charlestown, Illinois 1952 The Seventeenth Annual New Year Show (exh cat), Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, 1953

This handsome book won the bronze medal for Artbook of the Year from Foreward magazine. It contains an exhibition history for every one of the 139 mezzotint prints in the volume and an illustrated chronology of the artist's life. < Back to all books Robert Kipniss: Intaglios, 1982 - 2004 For the deluxe edition, please inquire with Kipniss’s galleries Consult Bookfinder for availability Catalogue raisonné (specific to titular technique and timeframe) Introduction and documentation by Trudie A. Grace, curator of works on paper, National Academy of Design, New York, New York Critical essay by Thomas Piché Jr., senior curator, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York Published by Hudson Hills Press, 2004 ForeWord Indies 2004 Book of the Year Award, Bronze Trade and deluxe editions 156 color plates Robert Kipniss, Intaglios 1982-2004 documents 139 intaglio editions in mezzotint, drypoint, roulette, and etching, including related paintings and hand-colored variants. Most are fully illustrated. Techniques, number and types of impressions, dimensions of the image area, printers, publishers, and public collections which hold impressions are listed. It includes an extensive biographical chronology and selected exhibition history. In her introduction, Grace situates Kipniss’s intaglio work to date with that of his work in other media. She discusses his mezzotint technique in depth, as well as the stylistic shift in his work that his intense focus on this medium provoked. Piché’s essay delves into Kipniss’s studio environment, how he developed his signature style. He positions the artist’s work as a continuation of the late-Romantic movement of Tonalism in the United States and discusses various European Modernist influences, including Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque, and Nicholas de Staël. He concludes, “Kipniss’s best work offers numinous meaning wrested from his life-long experience with phenomena not entirely knowable, even to himself.” This book is out of print. It was published both in a trade edition and a signed and numbered deluxe edition of 150 plus 25 artist’s proofs in a custom slipcase, including two signed original mezzotints, Interior w/ mountain and Nocturne w/ six trees (2004), each 7 x 5 inches.

Robert Kipniss is a distinguished American painter and printmaker. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at major galleries and museums worldwide since 1951. ​The Robert Kipniss studio is resource for the artwork and literature from the artist's longstanding career. ​ Robert Kipniss is a distinguished American painter and printmaker. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at major galleries and museums worldwide since 1951. Robert Kipniss Studio is a resource for the artwork and literature from the artist's longstanding career. ABOUT Learn more ARTWORKS View selected works EXHIBITIONS View selected exhibitions RESOURCES View books, collections, essays, and interviews

It is not my wish to translate visual expression into words. This is about the actual making of the work. The intricacy of this image presented me with a persistent obstacle and an irresistible allure. Difficulties in bringing the drawing from paper to copper included physical and conceptual challenges. < Back to all essays Artist Statement 1980s Kipniss expounds further on his artistic journey and how intimate experiences in nature have shaped his art. Downloadable PDF Robert Kipniss at work in his studio, circa 1985

Robert Kipniss' unique works on paper consits of pencil and watercolor drawings. < UNIQUE WORKS ON PAPER Landscape w/ pale trees 2019, watercolor on paper, 12.25 x 10 inches. Landscape w/ seven trees 2019, watercolor on paper, 8.5 x 12 inches. White trees ca. 2013, pencil on paper. Splash III ca. 2003, pencil on paper. Still life w/ two vases ca. 2002, pencil on paper, 12.75 x 8.75 inches. White Forest III 2001, pencil on paper. Still life w/ dark window 2001, pencil on paper, 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Untitled (bushy trees) ca. 2000, watercolor on paper, 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Study for “Spring Secrets” 1995, graphite on laid paper, 8.875 x 7.62 inches. Through bedroom curtains ca. 1983, pencil on paper. Untitled ca. 1980s, pastel on paper. Study for “Essence” 1976, graphite on wove paper. Untitled #16 1963, pencil on paper, 8.375 x 10.75 inches. View more "In sketching and drawing I search for structure, the formal understanding of my seeing the physical world, and the layers of awareness that visual events provoke. Whether in the countryside or in my studio, I work with the elements of landscape as a vocabulary to express the vision, the voice, the sense of what it is within myself so touched by what I see." Robert Kipniss, 1999

Robert Kipniss has artwork in major collections including the Syracuse University Art Museum, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, and the Allentown Art Museum to name a few. COLLECTIONS MAJOR REPOSITORIES Smithsonian Archives of American Art View Details Washington, DC Wittenberg University Library View Details Springfield, Ohio Syracuse University Art Museum View Details Syracuse, New York Fort Wayne Museum of Art View Details Fort Wayne, Indiana Allentown Art Museum View Details Allentown, Pennsylvania The British Museum View Details London, England The Metropolitan Museum of Art View Details New York, New York The Heckscher Museum of Art View Details Huntington, New York SELECTED ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COLLECTIONS A - F Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Century Association, New York, New York Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, Florida Davis Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York Federal Reserve Board Fine Arts Program, Washington, D.C. Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis G - M Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, New York Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, California Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Michigan The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, New York Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas N - Z National Academy of Design, New York, New York The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana The New York Public Library, Print Collection, New York, New York Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pinakothek der Moderne, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio Victoria and Albert Museum, London Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

BIOGRAPHY Robert Kipniss is a distinguished American painter and printmaker. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at galleries and museums worldwide since 1951. He is a Royal Academician (retired), an elected member of the National Academy of Design, New York, and holds two honorary doctorates. His work is represented in the collections of numerous public institutions, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and many others. ​ He has created over 750 editions and is perhaps best known as one of the leading living practitioners of mezzotint. After working in various locations in New York City for over three decades, in 1989 he moved his studio to Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York. He now lives and works in Sharon, Connecticut. "For over five decades, Robert Kipniss has prolifically produced paintings, prints, and drawings of remarkable beauty, eloquence, and refinement...he has gained international recognition for his distinctly American images of spacious landscapes and smalltown vistas, as well as quiet interiors and intimate still lifes. Following in the footsteps of such esteemed predecessors as Paul Cezanne and Giorgio Morandi, the artist has faithfully investigated and reexamined these familiar, humble subjects...He has never felt confined or restricted by their narrow range; rather, he is liberated within it... Kipniss's art has always clearly bespoken his independent spirit and lifelong embrace of solitude."​ − Daniel Piersol, Seen In Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection (New Orleans Museum of Art, 2006) BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE 1931 Born in Brooklyn, NY 1947 Begins classes at the Art Students League of New York 1948 Attends Wittenberg College (now University), Springfield, OH, starts writing poetry 1950 Transfers to the University of Iowa to major in literature; also takes painting classes 1951 First solo show, Creative Gallery, 57th St, NYC 1952 Graduates from the University of Iowa and accepted into the MFA program 1953 Second solo show, Harry Salpeter Gallery, 57th Street, NYC 1954 Earns MFA from University of Iowa; marries first wife Jean Prutton 1956 Serves in U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Lee in Petersburg, VA 1959 Moves to New York City; represented by The Contemporaries, 992 Madison Ave 1964 Ceases writing poetry to focus on painting; represented by FAR Gallery, NYC 1964 Represented by FAR Gallery, 746 Madison Ave 1965 First solo museum exhibition, Allen R. Hite Institute, University of Louisville, KY 1966 Moves to Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY 1967 Begins printmaking at Pratt Center for Graphics; first works are intaglios 1968 Develops affinity for lithography; prints at the Bank Street Atelier, then George C. Miller and Son 1970 Moves to Great Neck, New York; first editions commission published by Associated American Artists (AAA) 1972 Represented by Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago, IL 1972 Moves to Tarrytown, New York 1975 Represented by Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NYC 1976 Represented by The Contemporaries, 992 Madison Avenue, NYC 1979 Receives honorary doctorate from Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH 1980 Robert Kipniss: The Graphic Work catalogue raisonné published by Abaris Books 1980 Represented by Hirschl & Adler, 21 E 70th St 1981 Represented by Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL 1982 Begins working in mezzotint 1983 First marriage ends and moves to Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY 1984 Represented by Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, TX 1989 Receives honorary doctorate from Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois; moves studio to Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY 1990 Intensifies intaglio practice, particularly mezzotint; lithography wanes 1994 Marries writer Laurie Lisle; establishes second home and studio in Sharon, CT; makes final lithographs with George C. Miller and Son; represented by Hexton Gallery, NYC 1995 Represented by The Redfern Gallery, London, England; begins printing intaglios with Kathy Caraccio Studio, NYC 1998 Represented by The Old Print Shop, NYC 1999 Represented by Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin 2000 Represented by Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Beadleston Gallery, NYC 2003 Begins printing with Anthony Kirk at The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT 2004 Robert Kipniss: Intaglios,1982-2004 catalogue raisonné published by Hudson Hills; archive of 69 prints established at Wittenberg University; represented by The Old Print Shop, NYC; begins to print with Anthony Kirk at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT 2005 Robert Kipniss: Paintings,1950-2005 monograph published by Hudson Hills Press 2006 "Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection," retrospective of prints with selected paintings, opens at the New Orleans Museum of Art and travels to five additional museums; review by Roberta Hershenson, "Show Marked by Poignancy," The New York Times, 2/26/06 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC 2008 Represented by ebo Gallery, Millwood, New York 2010 Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Art from The Artists' Fellowship 2011 Robert Kipniss: A Working Artist's Life, a memoir, published by the University Press of New England 2011 Represented by Franklin Riehlman Gallery, NYC 2013 Robert Kipniss: Paintings and Poetry,1950-1964, published by The Artist Book Foundation, North Adams, MA; papers acquired by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art; continues printing with Anthony Kirk at Anthony Kirk Editions 2016 Solo exhibition of paintings at Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; solo exhibition of the graphics at Syracuse University Art Museum to celebrate the establishment of archive of 352 prints 2011 Shine , a novella, published by Four Directions Press, Rhinebeck, New York 2018 Retires from painting due to physical limitations, continues to draw and make intaglio prints 2019 Archive of 16 paintings and 110 prints established at Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN 2020 Resides full-time in Sharon, Connecticut, maintains studio in Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY; represented by CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA 2023 Solo exhibitions at The Artist Book Foundation, North Adams, MA and The Fort Wayne Museum of Art; represented by Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE 2024 Celebration of Seen in Solitude at CK Contemporary in honor of the artist’s 93rd birthday, with a selection of works originally shown at the New Orleans Museum of Art’s 2006 exhibition Robert Kipniss American painter and printmaker b. 1931, Brooklyn, NY Biographical Timeline click on gallery to view images

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