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The haunting, elegiac prints and paintings of Robert Kipniss have captivated art lovers for more than sixty years, making him one of the most successful and collected artists of our time. 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. Presenting an intimate look into the life of a much-admired working artist, this book will be a welcome addition to the libraries of Kipniss's collectors, artists trying to establish careers of their own, and all those who have an urgency to do what they love.

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This is a beautifully produced book with 32 full-color illustrations that show the artist's work from early full-color abstracts and portraiture to the later, carefully controlled pictures and prints with their ghostly, haunting, tense qualities. Kipniss's discovery of the power of middle tones in his work is wonderfully described in words and fully illustrated. --Lakeview (CT) Journal

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ROBERT KIPNISS, painter and printmaker, has had over 200 one-man shows since his first one in New York in 1951. He is represented in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; British Museum; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; and Pinakothek Moderne, Munich, among others. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1980, and to the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London, in 1998. He lives in New York and Connecticut.

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