Picket Fence IV (18×18 hand signed and numbered lithograph on paper)

Robert Kipniss Lithographs

Robert Kipniss, a native of Brooklyn, New York, is a painter and printmaker. His paintings, lithographs, mezzotints, and drypoints typically depict trees seen close up or at varying distances in fields. Other works show one or more houses in a landscape or town setting. Some are interiors with a view toward a window or with a still life set close to one, frequently with a landscape beyond. No human figures are present, and all forms are reduced to essentials. Kipniss’ use of exceptionally subtle black and white tones or, less often, lightly toned hues creates an overall atmospheric effect. His works have been described as conveying solitude and inward experience. Since 1998 Kipniss has lived and maintained a studio on the Hudson River in Westchester County, New York. That year he also set up a print studio at his weekend home in northwestern Connecticut. His work has been on display in a number of museums across the continental US and has had exhibitions all over the world.