Robert Ingpen

Robert Ingpen
Born 13 October 1936 (1936-10-13) (age 75)
Victoria, Australia
Occupation Graphic designer, illustrator and author

Robert Roger Ingpen (AM) (born 13 October 1936) is an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and author.

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Early life

Ingpen was born in Geelong Australia and attended Geelong College to 1957. He graduated with a Diploma of Graphic Art from RMIT where he studied with Harold Freedman.[1]

Career

In 1958, Ingpen was appointed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as an artist to interpret and communicate the results of scientific research. From 1968 Ingpen worked as a freelance designer, illustrator and author. He was also a member of a United Nations team in Mexico and Peru until 1975, where he designed pamphlets on fisheries and was involved in "a number of Australian conservation and environmental projects".[1] He left the CSIRO to work full time as a freelance writer in 1968.[1] Ingpen's interest in conservation issues continued, and he was one of the founding members of the Australian Conservation Foundation.[1]

Work

Ingpen has written and/or-illustrated more than 100 published books. These include children's picture books and fictional stories for all ages. His nonfiction books mostly relate to history, conservation, environment and health issues.

Ingpen has designed many postage stamps for Australia. Ingpen designed the flag and coat of arms for the Northern Territory.[1][2] Ingpen has created a number of public murals in Geelong, Melbourne, Canberra and the Gold Coast in Queensland. He also has designed bronze statues, which include the 'Poppykettle Fountain' in Geelong's Steam Packet Gardens (currently dry due to drought restrictions) and the bronze doors to the Melbourne Cricket Club. His most recent work is the design and working drawings for a tapestry, which was woven by The Victorian Tapestry Workshop, to celebrate the 150 years of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

In 1982 Ingpen designed the Dromkeen Medal for the Governors of the Courtney Oldmeadow Children’s Literature Foundation. This medal is awarded annually to Australians in recognition of contributions to children's literature. He was awarded the medal in 1989 for his own work in the field.

Ingpen was illustrator for the centenary editions of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows for which he bases characterisations on contemporary figures and personalities.[3]

In 2007 Ingpen illustrated a picture book by Liz Lofthouse called Ziba Came on a Boat, which was nominated for many Australian awards including the Australian Children's Book Council Awards and the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.

Exhibitions

In 1999 Ingpen had a major retrospective exhibition in Taipei, which travelled to other regions of Taiwan for a two-month period. Also in 1999 an exhibition of the original artworks and book launch for Around the World in 80 Days was held in London.

In 2002 Ingpen had a solo exhibition in Bologna, Italy, and works from Shakespeare were exhibited in New York.

In 2002 Ingpen's work featured in the inaugural exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Massachusetts, with the artwork from Charise Neugebauer's - Halloween Circus at the Graveyard Lawn, being donated to the Museum by Ingpen.

Awards

Bibliography

Illustrations

Fiction writing

Non-fiction writing

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e "MS 9141 Papers of Robert Ingpen: Biographical Note". National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms9141. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
  2. ^ "Northern Territory". Ausflag. Archived from the original on 23 February 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080223141916/http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/nt.html. Retrieved 2008-03-29. 
  3. ^ Margaret Throsby interview with Robert Ingpen, broadcast on (Australian) ABC Radio National – Access date: 31 October 2008
  4. ^ "The Children's Book of the Year Awards: Winners and Commended Books 1980 - 1989". Children's Book Council of Australia. http://cbc.org.au/8089.htm. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
  5. ^ "Dromkeen Medal: Previous Recipients of the Dromkeen Medal". Scholastic Australia. http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/dromkeen/medal.asp. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
  6. ^ "Robert Ingpen (1936–) Biography - Personal, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Sidelights". JRank Free encyclopedia. http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2001/Ingpen-Robert-1936.html. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 
  7. ^ "It's an Honour". Australian Government. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1133779&search_type=quick&showInd=true. Retrieved 29 March 2008. 

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Authors: Eleanor Farjeon (1956) • Astrid Lindgren (1958) • Erich Kästner (1960) • Meindert DeJong (1962) • René Guillot (1964) • Tove Jansson (1966) • James Krüss and José Maria Sanchez-Silva (1968) • Gianni Rodari (1970) • Scott O'Dell (1972) • Maria Gripe (1974) • Cecil Bødker (1976) • Paula Fox (1978) • Bohumil Říha (1980) • Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1982) • Christine Nöstlinger (1984) • Patricia Wrightson (1986) • Annie M. G. Schmidt (1988) • Tormod Haugen (1990) • Virginia Hamilton (1992) • Michio Mado (1994) • Uri Orlev (1996) • Katherine Paterson (1998) • Ana Maria Machado (2000) • Aidan Chambers (2002) • Martin Waddell (2004) • Margaret Mahy (2006) • Jürg Schubiger (2008) • David Almond (2010)
Illustrators: Alois Carigiet (1966) • Jiří Trnka (1968) • Maurice Sendak (1970) • Ib Spang Olsen (1972) • Farshid Mesghali (1974) • Tatyana Mavrina (1976) • Svend Otto S. (1978) • Suekichi Akaba (1980) • Zbigniew Rychlicki (1982) • Mitsumasa Anno (1984) • Robert Ingpen (1986) • Dusan Kállay (1988) • Lisbeth Zwerger (1990) • Kveta Pacovská (1992) • Jörg Müller (1994) • Klaus Ensikat (1996) • Tomi Ungerer (1998) • Anthony Browne (2000) • Quentin Blake (2002) • Max Velthuijs (2004) • Wolf Erlbruch (2006) • Roberto Innocenti (2008) • Jutta Bauer (2010)