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. ABOUT CV Representation & Important Links Honors Artist Statement Biography Influence & Style ROBERT KIPNISS Robert Kipniss is a distinguished American painter and printmaker. Born Brooklyn, NY, February 1, 1931 Downloadable CV REPRESENTATION The Old Print Shop, New York, NY ebo Gallery, Millwood, NY CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA Windsor Fine Art, New Orleans, LA Galerie d'Orsay, Boston, MA IMPORTANT LINKS Wikipedia Page WorldCat Smithsonian Archives of American Art HONORS National Academy of Design, Lifetime Achievement, 2014 The Artists’ Fellowship, Lifetime Achievement, 2010 Society of American Graphic Artists, Lifetime Achievement, 2007 National Academy of Design, New York, The Cannon Prize, 1999 Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London, elected member, 1998 Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, Honorary Doctorate, 1989 American Academy of Arts & Letters, Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Purchase Award, 1988 Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, honorary doctorate, art building dedication, 1979 ARTIST STATEMENT One thing I have most wonderfully learned is that the greatest reward for making art is making art. Instinctively I knew that painting and exhibiting were the only essentials I needed, and whatever difficulties I encountered along my path, there was always the reassurance of working and learning. I was working and showing right from the start, and it never occurred to me to wonder if I would be successful or not. In the beginning, it was very challenging, mostly because there was no sure way to do it, no rules, no guideposts. For about ten years my painting was lyrical, energetic, filled with bright color, and charged with exuberance. At the same time, the poetry I was writing was dark, angry, and often painful to create. When I stopped writing in the early 1960s, my paintings took on the characteristics of my poetry and became infused with anger, a dark monochromatic palette, gravitas, and occasionally slightly surreal themes. It was only after a few years when my lyricism began to re-surface and meld with the darkness. This was the beginning of my mature style...my life as an artist continues to be a passionate adventure. Every day I learn more about the constellations of feelings and thoughts I derive from the simple act of seeing. The life of an artist is about the art. I have lived my life as I dreamed of doing when I was a young man. 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) INFLUENCE & STYLE In a 1982 New York Times review, critic John Caldwell observed that "the question of artistic influences is unusually complicated in the case of Mr. Kipniss" and that "the sense that one gets in all of [his] work is of a genuinely individual sensibility." While this strongly individualistic approach has been universally acknowledged by many critics and scholars since, some have found resonance between Kipniss's concerns and that of Giorgio Morandi, René Magritte, Paul Cézanne, Caspar David Friedrich, Tonalism, the Hudson River School, and the Barbizon School, particularly Camille Corot. Kipniss's subject matter is landscapes, interiors, and still lifes, often described as conveying solitude and inward experience. The lighting is penumbral or shadow-like; twilight and dawn are favored time settings. In his paintings Kipniss employs exceptional subtlety in tones and restrained use of color to create an overall atmospheric effect. His prints are masterly meditations on mood and light using a resticted black-and-white palette, though he has occasionally created color variants of selected prints, always employing a subtle color palette. His works in various media—paintings, drawings, and printmaking—are often interrelated, presenting variants on a theme. The paintings date from the early 1950s; the prints from 1967. His favored techniques in printmaking have been lithography and mezzotint, the former dating from 1968 into 1994, the latter since 1990. In keeping with his subtle and understated style, he has a unique approach to titles: the first word is capitalized, and any subsequent words are lower case, unless a proper noun; “and” is replaced by an ampersand, and “with” is shortened to “w/”.

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

This biographical timeline represents major events in Robert Kipniss' life from his birth in 1931 to present day exhibitions in 2024. BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE 1931 Born in Brooklyn, NY 1947 Begins classes at the Art Students League of New York 1948 Attends Wittenberg College (now University), in 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 Street, 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 Avenue, NYC 1964 Ceases writing poetry to focus on painting; represented by FAR Gallery, NYC 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; moves to Tarrytown, NY 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; represented by Hirschl & Adler, 21 E 70th 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 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, Connecticut; makes final lithographs with George C. Miller and Son 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 Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco and Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin 2000 Represented by 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 established at Wittenberg University; represented by The Old Print Shop, NYC 2005 Robert Kipniss: Paintings, 1950-2005 monograph published by Hudson Hills 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, NYC 2011 Robert Kipniss: A Working Life memoir published by the University Press of New England; 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 2017 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 2023 Robert Kipniss: Paintings, Drawings, & Prints , The Old Printshop, New York, NY 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 2024 Retired from printmaking

Kipniss created a handful of mezzotints from 1982-84 but did not focus on this medium intently until 1990. He had his first solo mezzotint show in New York in 1992. He also showed mezzotints in 1995 at his first solo print show in England, and that year they comprised his first show of prints in Germany. Tall Trees at Night (2001) is in five museum collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, and the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, both in London. < MEZZOTINTS Evening clouds 2021, mezzotint, 9.625 x 12 inches. Edition of 18. Crest 2019, mezzotint, 9.25 x 11.5 inches. Edition of 20. Passing storm OR Lifting storm 2018, mezzotint, 9.25 x 14 inches. Edition of 25. Lace V 2016, mezzotint, 4.5 x 5.75 inches. Edition of 20. Vase & four trees 2015, mezzotint, 7.5 x 6.25 inches. Edition of 25. Three trees 2015, mezzotint, 3 x 2.5 inches. Edition of 20. Fluttering OR (Five trees) fluttering 2014, mezzotint, 7.75 x 7 inches. Edition of 40. The artist as a tree 2014, mezzotint, 5.375 x 4.375 inches. Edition of 25. Trees & stars 2013, mezzotint, 11.75 x 9.375 inches. Edition of 30. A song of leaves 2013, mezzotint, 19.625 x 19.5 inches. Edition of 80. Tomorrow 2013, mezzotint, 14 x 9.25 inches. Edition of 30. Moonrise & sunset 2013, mezzotint, 7.75 x 7 inches. Edition of 30. Memories 2013, mezzotint, 7.875 x 7 inches. Edition of 40. Before morning: chimney & window 2010, mezzotint, 19.5 x 19.375 inches. Edition of 40. Reappearing 2009, mezzotint, 9.25 x 11.75 inches. Edition of 60. Silver Morning 2007, mezzotint, 6.375 x 4.5 inches. Edition of 300. Still life w/ knife & fruit 2007, mezzotint, 14 x 9.375 inches. Edition of 60. An island in the forest 2007, mezzotint, 19.5 x 19.5 inches. Edition of 70. For Laurie 2005, mezzotint, 17.75 x 23.75 inches. Edition of 90. Nocturne w/ six trees 2004 (Grace 139), mezzotint, 7 x 5 inches. Edition of 150. Nocturne: still live w/ two vases 2004, mezzotint, 19.5 x 13 inches. Edition of 75. Two vases 2004 (Grace 137), mezzotint, 19.5 x 15.375 inches. Edition of 100. Echo trees & shadow 2003, (Grace 129), mezzotint, 19.5 x 16.5 inches. Edition of 60. Revisitation 2003 (Grace 123), mezzotint, 7.875 x 7 inches. Edition of 60. Tall trees at night 2001 (Grace 115), mezzotint, 19.625 x 13.5 inches. Edition of 60. View more "A year after turning sixty, while immersing myself in mezzotint, I began to feel like a young artist again. Everything I worked at was filled with energy and intensity. I loved starting with a world of blackness and drawing the light. Every touch on the plate is a glint of illumination, and my burnisher is like a wand that reveals and defines form as I probe into the dark." - Robert Kipniss, 2011 Kipniss created a handful of mezzotints from 1982-84 but did not focus on this medium intently until 1990. He had his first solo mezzotint show in New York in 1992. He also showed mezzotints in 1995 at his first solo print show in England, and that year they comprised his first show of prints in Germany. Tall Trees at Night (2001) is in five museum collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, and the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum, both in London. When a copper plate is roughened in preparation for working on it, thousands of tiny holes are produced on the surface of the plate to hold the ink. Kipniss's preference has been for mechanically roughened plates because of their greater uniformity. Unlike many makers of mezzotints, he prefers using a burnisher rather than a scraper for reducing the depth of the holes, a process that controls the amount of ink held on the plate. The burnisher allows him freer motion and a greater range of pressure, as a pencil would, giving him the ability to create an image that looks drawn rather than machine crafted. Over time, Kipniss sought "narrower ranges of middle tones" while still bringing out the richness and resonance of darks characteristic of mezzotints. He has worked with master printer Anthony Kirk from 2003 to the present, first when Kirk was associated with the Connecticut Center for Printmaking in Norwalk, Connecticut, and then at Kirk's own studio in North Salem, New York. Tall Trees at Night is one of Kipniss's many mezzotints that view trees fairly close up at dusk or night and show a play of light upon them. The characteristics that became increasingly prominent in his mature work, his concern with capturing the essence of form and with even more subtle light effects, are clearly apparent. The trees in Kipniss's mezzotints have an especially strong purity of form when only their trunks are depicted. Sometimes leaves are spread across the trees, adding more movement and increasing the technical challenge. Window w/vase & forest (2000) is representative of still lifes that show a vase of plant cuttings, most often of stems with leaves. The vase is generally viewed close up before a window on a surface that may or may not be visible. Occasionally the bottom part of the sash is showing, and usually trees are beyond. Here, part of the view into the distance is through three layers of glass, and the form to the left is part of a chest of drawers. A painting done in reverse predates this print, and in both Kipniss extemporized the pale, delicate scrim of trees. The print is in four major museum collections, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor.

Contact the Artist's representative - Sarah Kirk Hanley is an independent curator, critic, and expert appraiser based in the greater New York City area, specializing in contemporary prints, multiples, and illustrated/artists' books. She has been a contributor to Art in Print and Art21 Magazine and served in leadership positions at the Manhattan Graphics Center, Christie's, and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1067 Sharon, Connecticut 06069 Director of Operations Isaiah Rivera info@robertkipnissstudio.com +1 917 887 0576 Email Isaiah Philip Allen began his art career in Chicago in 1989. In 1993 he began exhibiting the artwork of Robert Kipniss at the Hexton Gallery in New York City, which led to four sold out, one man shows. From 1999 to 2006, Allen was managing director of the Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco, where he hosted multiple solo Kipniss exhibitions, created significant catalogues, and participated in several major publications about the artist's prints, paintings, and drawings. In that period of time and afterward, Weinstein Gallery sold many millions of dollars of Kipniss's work. Director of Sales Philip Allen philip@robertkipnissstudio.com Sarah Kirk Hanley is an independent critic, curator, appraiser, and consulting expert for fine art prints, editions, and illustrated artists’ books. In addition to her work for Robert Kipniss, she serves as an expert consultant for several art appraisal and advisory firms in New York. She is also a member of the board of directors for The Atelier 17 Project, which encourages new research about this avant-garde printmaking workshop upon its 2027 centennial, and the advisory board for the Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies (CPAL). She is a frequent guest lecturer and speaker in her area of expertise for seminars, professional associations, colleges, and museums. She has published numerous scholarly articles and essays on Contemporary printmaking. Ms. Hanley is a member of ArtTable, the Association of Print Scholars, the Appraisers Association of America, the Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association, and Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Hanley holds an MA in Museum Education from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and a BFA in Printmaking and Fine Art from the University of Iowa, magna cum laude. Artist Representative and Curator Sarah Kirk Hanley sarah@robertkipnissstudio.com +1 203.507.8127

Contact the Robert Kipniss Studio. Director of Operations, Isaiah Rivera, Director of Sales, Philip Allen, and the Artist's representative and curator, Sarah Kirk Hanley. Studio Director Isaiah Rivera info@robertkipnissstudio.com +1 917 887 0576 Email Isaiah Studio Mailing Address P.O. Box 1067 Sharon, Connecticut 06069 Isaiah Rivera is a printmaking artist and freelance printmaker working in the New York City area. He earned a BFA in Printmaking from SUNY Purchase College, New York, in 2021, where he received the Excellence in Printmaking Award. He began his affiliation with the Robert Kipniss Studio in 2022 as Collections Management intern, during which time he developed a deep appreciation for and familiarity with Kipniss’s work and his enduring significance within the print world. In subsequent years, Rivera took on increased responsibilities within the studio, marked by renewed market and scholarly interest in Kipniss’s work, reflecting the studio’s sustained research, stewardship, and professional engagement. In 2025, Rivera became a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists, an organization of which Kipniss is also a longstanding member. His work may be viewed at isaiahrivera.com . Artist Representative and Curator Sarah Kirk Hanley sarah@robertkipnissstudio.com +1 203.507.8127 Sarah Kirk Hanley is an independent critic, curator, appraiser, and consulting expert for fine art prints, editions, and illustrated artists’ books. In addition to her work for Robert Kipniss, she serves as an expert consultant for several art appraisal and advisory firms in New York. She is also a member of the board of directors for The Atelier 17 Project, which encourages new research about this avant-garde printmaking workshop upon its 2027 centennial, and the advisory board for the Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies (CPAL). She is a frequent guest lecturer and speaker in her area of expertise for seminars, professional associations, colleges, and museums. She has published numerous scholarly articles and essays on Contemporary printmaking. Ms. Hanley is a member of ArtTable, the Association of Print Scholars, the Appraisers Association of America, the Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association, and Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Hanley holds an MA in Museum Education from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and a BFA in Printmaking and Fine Art from the University of Iowa, magna cum laude

Robert Kipniss dabbled in editioned metalwork in the early 1970s: rings, belt buckles, bas-reliefs, and medallions were some of the formats he explored. < METALWORKS Autumn textures 1975, bronze, 8.75 x 9.75 x .25 inches. Edition of 500. Large landscape ca. 1970, bronze, 11.875 x 16.125 x 1.25 inches. Edition of 8. Untitled small landscape (horizontal) ca. 1970, bronze and silver editions, 5.625 x 3.75 x .825 inches. Two small editions of under 6. Untitled belt buckle ca. 1970, bronze, 2.0 x 2.0 x .375 inches. Small edition of under 6. Untitled medallion ca. 1970, bronze and silver editions, 1.5 x .125 inches. Two small editions of under 6. Untitled ring (rectangular face) & Untitled ring (circular face) ca. 1970, 14 carat gold and sterling silver editions, under 6 of each type. View more

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

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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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