Robert Ingpen

Robert Ingpen was an Australian writer, painter, postage stamp designer, illustrator and graphic artist (born 1936). He was born at Geelong.

Also recorded as Robert Roger Ingpen.

Robert Ingpen in brief

Born
1936
Known for
writer, painter, illustrator, graphic artist and designer
Place of birth
Geelong
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Recognition and collections

Robert Ingpen received Dromkeen Medal, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Member of the Order of Australia and Ditmar Award. Work by Robert Ingpen is held by National Gallery of Victoria and Melbourne Cricket Club.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection.

The Voyage of the Poppykettle. Australian Gnomes. The Nargun and the Stars. The Poppykettle Papers. Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were. Surprise and enterprise : fifty years of science for Australia / text by Andrew McKay ; illustrations and design by Robert Ingpen ; editors, Frederick White and David Kimpton., dated 1976, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Ingpen, Arthur Robert, (died 5 Sept. 1917), KC; LLB, Who Was Who, 2007. Ingpen, A.W., Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Robert Ingpen and "Imaginative Space": Tradition and Invention in The Idle Bear, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 1991. Ingpen, Roger, (died 18 Jan. 1936), Who Was Who, 2007. Instructions for collecting, rearing, and preserving British insects : also for collecting and preserving British crustacea & shells : together with a description of entomological apparatus : to which is added, a list of new and rare species of insects, &c. with their lo by Abel Ingpen., 1827. Mowgli’s Poetic Schooling: On Lyrical Parts of Kipling’s Jungle Books, Studia Litterarum, 2022.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

A concise treatise on the law relating to executors and administrators, second edition (1914) — Internet Archive. Encyclopaedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places and People by Michael F. Page Hardcover (1985) — Internet Archive. Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places: The Life and Legends of Ancient Sites Around the World (1990) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Robert Ingpen studied at The Geelong College and RMIT University. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is graphics, book illustration and Australian literature.

Works named in the authority record are Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were.

Work by Robert Ingpen is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria and Melbourne Cricket Club.

Distinctions recorded are Dromkeen Medal, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Member of the Order of Australia and Ditmar Award.

Chronology

  1. 1936Robert Ingpen born at Geelong.
  2. 1976Surprise and enterprise : fifty years of science for Australia / text by Andrew McKay ; illustrations and design by Robert Ingpen ; editors, Frederick White and David Kimpton. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1985Encyclopaedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places and People by Michael F. Page Hardcover digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1990Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places: The Life and Legends of Ancient Sites Around the World digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Ingpen, Arthur Robert, (died 5 Sept. 1917), KC; LLB, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Robert Ingpen.

    open access index · Unverified

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  3. 3.

    Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under Robert Ingpen as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Robert Ingpen.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3295484: Robert Ingpen

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Robert Ingpen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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