Robert Kipniss, Landscape, Circa 1980

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This artwork "Landscape" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on wove paper by noted American artist Robert Kipniss, b.1931. It … more This artwork "Landscape" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on wove paper by noted American artist Robert Kipniss, b.1931. It is hand signed and numbered 168/200 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10 x 13.5 inches, framed size is 21.5 x 25 inches. Custom framed in a mahogany frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition

About the artist:

Robert Kipniss was born in New York City in 1931. His love of art was quickly fostered and nurtured, in large part due to his parents, both of whom were also artists. He began honing his craft at New York City’s acclaimed Art Students League in 1947. During his college years, Kipniss wavered between focusing his attention on an education in literature and one in fine art. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Iowa in 1952 and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History from the same school in 1954.
Kipniss’ first recognition from the art community came before he finished his studies. In 1951, he won an art competition in New York City that earned him his first one-person exhibition. Numerous solo shows followed throughout the United States and beyond. It was in the 1960s that Kipniss began creating graphic works, producing numerous drypoints, lithographs and intaglio works – mezzotints in particular.
The subjects of Kipniss’ works include austere limbs of trees in autumn and winter, spare, modest houses with simple shapes, a rolling countryside dotted with the occasional home, tree or shrub, and shadowy interior scenes. Though the architecture and furnishings hint at the presence of human life, Kipniss’ works are devoid of people. They artfully explore the effects of light and shadow in muted tones, often in shades of white, gray, pale yellow, and dusty green. Though at face value they may simply appear to explore the simple subjects they feature, Kipniss strives to capture something deeper.
Robert Kipniss work is held in numerous public and private collections worldwide..
Awards
1976 New York City’s Ralphi Fabri Prize at the National Academy of Design
1978 The Charles M. Lea Prize from the Print Club of Philadelphia
1979 The Society of American Graphic Artists Printmaking Award
1980 The Audubon Artists of New York City’s Silver Medal
1983 The Audubon Artists of New York City’s Medal of Honour
1997 Certificate of Merit from the National Academy of Design in New York City
1999 The Boston Printmakers’ Rembrandt Graphics Award
Selected publications:
2004 Robert Kipniss: Intaglios, 1982-2004 by Trudie A. Grace and Thomas Piche, Jr.
(Manchester, VT: Hudson Hills Press)
2005 Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints From the James F. White Collection by Daniel Piersol
(New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Museum of Art)
2007 Robert Kipniss: Paintings 1950-2005 by Richard J. Boyle (Manchester, VT: Hudson Hills Press)
Selected Museums:
The Whitney Museum of Art – New York City, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York City, New York
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
The Philadelphia Museum of Art – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
The National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution – Washington, DC
The Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, Texas
The British Museum – London, England
The Museum of Fine Arts – Boston, Massachusetts
The New Orleans Museum of Art – New Orleans, LouisianaContinue Reading less