Robert Klippel (Paperback)


High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Klippel (19 June 1920 - 19 June 2001) was an Australian constructivist sculptor and teacher. He is often described in contemporary art literature as Australia's greatest sculptor. Throughout his career he produced some 1,300 pieces of sculpture and approximately 5,000 drawings. Klippel was born in Potts Point, Sydney 19 June 1920, and died in Sydney on his 81st birthday. At the age of six he made his first model ship after being taken on a ferry ride on Sydney Harbour. Model making became a passion. He trained to work in the wool industry but in 1939 he joined the Royal Australian Navy. He was employed to make models of planes while he was serving in the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships at the Gunnery Instruction Centre during World War II.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Klippel (19 June 1920 - 19 June 2001) was an Australian constructivist sculptor and teacher. He is often described in contemporary art literature as Australia's greatest sculptor. Throughout his career he produced some 1,300 pieces of sculpture and approximately 5,000 drawings. Klippel was born in Potts Point, Sydney 19 June 1920, and died in Sydney on his 81st birthday. At the age of six he made his first model ship after being taken on a ferry ride on Sydney Harbour. Model making became a passion. He trained to work in the wool industry but in 1939 he joined the Royal Australian Navy. He was employed to make models of planes while he was serving in the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships at the Gunnery Instruction Centre during World War II.

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Imprint

Betascript Publishing

Country of origin

Germany

Release date

October 2010

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First published

October 2010

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Dimensions

152 x 229 x 4mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

72

ISBN-13

978-6133320550

Barcode

9786133320550

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LSN

6133320559



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