Robert Klippel
- January 9, 2024
- Sculptor
Quick Facts
Robert Klippel Biography
| Name | Robert Klippel |
| Birthday | Jun 19 |
| Birth Year | 1920 |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Robert Klippel is one of the most popular and richest Sculptor who was born on June 19, 1920 in Australia. Many art critics hailed him as the greatest Australian sculptor. He also created close to 51,000 drawings. Many of his assemblage sculptures were untitled and were made from plastic, wood, and piping.
Klippel was brought to international prominence by Australian-born art critic Robert Hughes helped bring Klippel to international prominence. , an Australian-born art critic.
As the son of businessmen, he grew up in Sydney, Australia. He spent his life in England and the United States before returning to Australia where he died at eighty-one.
Robert Klippel Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Sculptor |
| House | Living in own house. |
Robert Klippel is one of the richest Sculptor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Klippel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He enlisted in Australia’s Royal Navy during World War II and was assigned to build model planes. He studied at the University College London’s Slade School of Fine Art in the late 1940s.
He lived in America during the 1950s and 1960s and taught at the Minneapolis School of Art.
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Who is Robert Klippel Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Sculptor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Robert Klippel celebrates birthday on June 19 of every year.
What influenced Robert Klippel?
Influenced by Zen and Indian philosophies in the 1950s. It was not until Klippel went to New York in 1957 and later, while teaching at the Minnesota School of Arts, that his talents began to be appreciated.
What art making materials and methods does Robert Klippel use?
Klippel’s work commonly utilized an extraordinary diversity of junk materials: wood, stone, plastic toy kits, wooden pattern parts, typewriter machinery, industrial piping and machine parts, as well as bronze, silver, oils, photography, collage and paper.
Where is Robert Klippel's studio?
For the last three decades of his life, Klippel worked out of separate studio- rooms in his harbourside home in the suburb of Birchgrove , engaging in the different activities of drawing, collage, welding, woodwork, clay modeling and plastic assemblage that responded to the creative principles he had established decades …
How long was Robert Klippel's career?
A profound understanding of visual language coupled with a prolific artistic output makes Robert Klippel one of this country’s most highly acclaimed sculptors. Over the past 40 years Robert Klippel has become recognised as not only one of Australia’s best known sculptors but perhaps the finest we have ever produced.