In 2011, as the artist turned 80, Kipniss in deep reflection on his life and career in multiple ways. He had just published his memoir, and had reviewed his early work as a poet in preparation for Robert Kipniss: Paintings and Poetry, 1950-1964. Here, for a solo exhibition of recent work, he considers the lessons that sixty years at the easel has brought and shares a particularly poignant and relevant poem he wrote in 1959 that lends its title to the exhibition. < Back to all essays Regard 1959 / 2011 In 2011, as the artist turned 80, Kipniss in deep reflection on his life and career in multiple ways. He had just published his memoir, and had reviewed his early work as a poet in preparation for Robert Kipniss: Paintings and Poetry, 1950-1964 . Here, for a solo exhibition of recent work, he considers the lessons that sixty years at the easel has brought and shares a particularly poignant and relevant poem he wrote in 1959 that lends its title to the exhibition. Downloadable PDF Springfield, O. III (2005), oil on canvas, 20 x 22 inches, exhibited in “Recent Paintings by Robert Kipniss” at the New Orleans Museum of Art, March 4 – May 14, 2006.

Robert Kipniss: The Graphic Work is the first book about Kipniss's prints. It includes two hundred and eight color reproductions of the artist's lithographs made from 1967 to 1979.  < Back to all books Robert Kipniss: The Graphic Work Consult Bookfinder for availability Catalogue raisonné of works in intaglio and lithography, 1967-1979 Compiled and with a preface by Karl Lunde Artist's note by Robert Kipniss Published by Abaris Books, 1980 Trade and deluxe edition Robert Kipniss: The Graphic Work documents the artist’s earliest prints in intaglio techniques, followed by his subsequent work in lithography, which dominates much of the content. Karl Lunde, art historian and professor at William Patterson College, observes: "In his prints he portrays a world of restorative quiet, a contemplative solitude hard to achieve in contemporary life, a quiet marshalling of energies exactly paralleled by the very process by which the works are achieved. Through subtle landscapes he shows us what is means to be a human being.” The artist’s first 208 editions are documented, including image size, printing details, number and types of impressions, dimensions of the image area, and publisher, when relevant. This book is out of print. It was published both as a trade edition and a signed and numbered deluxe edition of 160 plus 20 artist’s proofs in a custom slipcase, including two signed lithographs: Shadows and mists and Four trees (1979), color lithographs, 5 x 5 inches each.

Robert Kipniss Paintings 1950-2005 presents the first comprehensive investigation of this artist's painting, from the distinctive and original style found in his earliest works, to those of the 1970s and 1980s when he was consolidating and refining his visual vocabulary, to the recent achievements of a mature artist. < Back to all books Robert Kipniss: Paintings, 1950 - 2005 Consult Bookfinder for availability Foreward by E. John Bullard Essay, "Solitude and Silence," by Richard J. Boyle Essay, "Notes from the Studio," by Robert Kipniss Published by Hudson Hills Press, 2007 Robert Kipniss: Paintings 1950-2005 presents the first comprehensive investigation of this artist's painting, from the distinctive and original style found in his earliest works, to those of the 1970s and 1980s when he was consolidating and refining his visual vocabulary, to the recent achievements of a mature artist. Essays by E. John Bullard and Richard J. Boyle, and by Kipniss himself, introduce us to an artist with an intensely independent vision and methodology, as well as his process and inspirations, and the profound impact of his art on viewers. The book has one hundred and two reproductions of Kipniss paintings, almost all of them in full color. In his essay, "Notes from the Studio," Kipniss wrote that as this book came into being "I am surprised to see the wholeness, the one shape, formed by the various points of my gradual evolution." "During the ten weeks the Kipniss show was on view in New Orleans, I had the pleasure of seeing the works numerous times," wrote E. John Bullard, director of the New Orleans Museum of Art. "I thought of Zenga, paintings by Japanese Zen Buddhist monks and priests...The twilight lyricism of many of his landscapes, with muted colors and soft edges, could almost be scenes in Japan." "If the work of the fifties and sixties was exploratory, searching, the work of the seventies and eighties was consolidating and refining, the forming of a vocabulary for the expression of his ideas. The work of the nineties to the present represents the achievement of a mature artist, the marriage of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary to fulfill the intensity of his vision; in Rilke's words, 'not to form, nor to speak, but to reveal'," wrote Richard Boyle, former director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and adjunct professor of art history at Temple University in Philadelphia.

In addition to the many essays and the memoir by Robert Kipniss listed in the books section, below are selected essays that have not been published elsewhere or are difficult to access. ESSAYS In addition to the many essays and the memoir by Robert Kipniss listed in the books section, below are selected essays that have not been published elsewhere or are difficult to access. Artist Statement, 1980s Read On Vision, 1988 Read On the Mezzotint, For Stella, 1998 Read Style and Isolation, 2003 Read Lifetime Achievement Award Address, SAGA, 2007 Read Regard, 1959/2011 Read

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

Robert Kipniss has been interviewed by major organizations such as the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, the Alan Avery Art Company, and the Weinstein Gallery to name a few. Watch is videos via youtube or listen to the podcasts here. INTERVIEWS "Episode 146: Robert Kipniss" Interview by Miranda Metcalf Hello Print Friend June 28, 2022, Audio (podcast), 47:18 "The Painter, Printmaker, and Writer Robert Kipniss Talks About His Memoir Robert Kipniss: A Working Artist's Life " Interview by Tom Hill, Library Café, Vassar College Art Library September 15, 2021 "American Stories: Fort Wayne Museum of Art Presents Robert Kipniss" Interview by Charles Shepard Access Fort Wayne January 6, 2017 (YouTube), video, 36:18 “Interview for the exhibition Robert Kipniss: Intaglio and Oil" Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco October 15, 2004 Watch Highlight Reel (3:28) “Printmaker Robert Kipniss: As the Artist Turns 80, a Look Back” Interview by Ira Goldberg, LINEA: Journal of the Art Students League of NY (New York, New York) Spring, 2011 Read “Conversations with Robert Kipniss” Interview by Alison Armstrong American Arts Quarterly (Hastings- on-Hudson, NY: Newington-Cropsey Foundation) v. 26, no. 3 Summer 2009; republished in Alison Armstrong (Xlibris, 2019) Available from the Author

Here, Kipniss recounts the process and astounding 840 or more hours of work that went into one of his great works in mezzotint, For Stella, an homage to his late mother. This work won the 1999 Cannon Prize from the National Academy of Art and Design. < Back to all essays On Mezzotint, For Stella 1998 Here, Kipniss recounts the process and astounding 840 or more hours of work that went into one of his great works in mezzotint, For Stella , an homage to his late mother. This work won the 1999 Cannon Prize from the National Academy of Art and Design. Downloadable PDF For Stella , 1998 (Grace 78), Mezzotint, 19.5 x 19.5 inches. Edition of 60.

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 2025 Lasting Impressions , Windsor Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana. View Catalog 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 1955 Robert Kipniss: Landscapes , Allen R. Hite Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky 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

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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