Robert Klippel b. 19 June 1920

Also known as Robert Edward Klippel
  • Artist (Sculptor)
While Klippel is best known as a sculptor, he also worked in industrial designer. Klippel's interest in sculpture began during WW2 while making scale models of ships for the Navy for recognition training. This lead to his early monumental carved stone figures and Surrealist works of the 1940s. His later works, for which he is best known, were non-figurative assemblages.
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Name
Robert Klippel
Also known as Robert Edward Klippel
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher
  • Scale model maker, Royal Australian Navy
  • World War II gunner
  • World War II minesweeper
Birth date
19 June 1920
Birth place
Potts Point, Sydney, NSW
Death date
19 June 2001
Death place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1940 - c.2001
Residence
  • c.1963 - c.2001 Birchgrove, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1960 - c.1961 Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • c.1957 - c.1963 New York, NY, USA
  • c.1940 - c.1950 Paris, France
  • c.1940 - c.1950 London, England, UK
  • c.1920 - c.1940 Sydney, NSW
Training
  • East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Cultural Heritage
  • Jewish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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Other occupations
  • Art teacher
  • Scale model maker, Royal Australian Navy
  • World War II gunner
  • World War II minesweeper
  • Art teacher
  • Scale model maker, Royal Australian Navy
  • World War II gunner
  • World War II minesweeper
Alternative names
  • Robert Edward Klippel
  • Robert Edward Klippel
Related people
  • Klippel, Andrew (parent of)
  • Klippel, Andrew (parent of)
Related works
  • Construction 123 (creator of)
  • Construction 123 (creator of)
Related events
  • Robert Klippel (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • [exhibition of large assemblages] (exhibited at)
  • [solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • Robert Klippel (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • [exhibition of large assemblages] (exhibited at)
  • [solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
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Date modified April 20, 2012, 9:55 a.m. April 10, 2011, 9:51 p.m.
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