Robert Roger Ingpen AM, FRSA was born on 13 October 1936 and is an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and writer.
17 Facts About Robert Ingpen
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Robert Ingpen graduated with a Diploma of Graphic Art from RMIT in 1958, where he studied with Harold Freedman.
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In 1958, Robert Ingpen was appointed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation as an artist to interpret and communicate the results of scientific research.
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From 1968 Robert Ingpen worked as a freelance designer, illustrator and author.
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Robert Ingpen was 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".
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Robert Ingpen left the CSIRO to work full-time as a freelance writer in 1968.
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Robert Ingpen has written or illustrated more than 100 published books.
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Robert Ingpen has designed many postage stamps for Australia, as well as the flag and coat of arms for the Northern Territory.
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Robert Ingpen has created a number of public murals in Geelong, Melbourne, Canberra and the Gold Coast in Queensland.
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Robert Ingpen has designed bronze statues, which include the Poppykettle Fountain in the Geelong Steam Packet Gardens and the bronze doors to the Melbourne Cricket Club.
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In 1982 Robert Ingpen designed the Dromkeen Medal for the Governors of the Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation.
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The Dromkeen is awarded annually to Australians in recognition of contributions to children's literature, and Robert Ingpen received it himself in 1989 for his own work in the field.
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In 2007 Robert 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.
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In 1999 Robert Ingpen had a major retrospective exhibition in Taipei, which travelled to other regions of Taiwan for a two-month period.
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In 2002 Robert Ingpen had a solo exhibition in Bologna, Italy, and works from Shakespeare were exhibited in New York City.
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In 2002 Robert Ingpen's work featured in the inaugural exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Massachusetts, and he donated to the Museum the illustrations for Charise Neugebauer's Halloween Circus at the Graveyard Lawn.
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Robert Ingpen had illustrated Wrightson's most highly regarded work, The Nargun and the Stars, a children's fantasy rooted in Australian Aboriginal mythology.