Sculpting artist Robert Klippel

Robert Klippel

Living place: Australia

Birthday: 19-6-1920 (104 years old)

Global rank: #98561

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Who is Sculpting artist Robert Klippel?
Hailed by many art critics as Australia's greatest sculptor of all time, this prolific artist crafted over a thousand sculptures and also produced nearly five thousand drawings. His sculptures set, most of which are titled, are crafted from materials such as pipes, wood and plastic.
During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he lived in the United States and taught at the Minneapolis School of the Arts.
 
 

Young / Before famous

During the years of World War II, he joined the Royal Australian Navy and was commissioned to build model aircraft. During the late 1940s, he trained at University College London's Slade School of Fine Arts.

Family life info

He grew up in Sydney, Australia, the son of a successful business owner. After living in the United States and the United Kingdom, he returned to his native Australia, where he died on his 81st birthday.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Sculpting artist Robert Klippel?
Australian-born art critic Robert Hughes helped bring Klippel to international prominence.

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When was Sculpting artist Robert Klippel born?
Robert Klippel birthday 19-6-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is Sculpting artist Robert Klippel's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Robert Klippel was born in Australia. is a Sculpting artist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Robert Klippel's global rank is 98561 and whose rank is 364 in list of famous Sculpting artist.
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Events in 1920 and 19-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Robert Klippel

  • U.S. Dept. of Justice "red hunt" nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.
  • Women's suffrage (19th) amendment ratified. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  • Treaty of Sèvres dissolves Ottoman Empire.
  • Mexican president Venustiano Carranza is assassinated.

Birthday Robert Klippel (19-6) in history

  • Day 19-6 year 1862: Congress abolished slavery in the U.S. territories.
  • Day 19-6 year 1865: Gen. Gordon Granger informed the citizens of Galveston, Tex., that the slaves were freed. The celebration of the day became known as Juneteenth.
  • Day 19-6 year 1867: The first running of the Belmont Stakes.
  • Day 19-6 year 1934: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created.
  • Day 19-6 year 1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved.
  • Day 19-6 year 1977: Pope Paul VI proclaimed John Neumann, the first male saint from the United States.
  • Day 19-6 year 1987: The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law requiring any public school teaching the theory of evolution to teach creationism as well.
  • Day 19-6 year 2002: Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai was sworn in.
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