An acclaimed multi-award winning Australian artist and illustrator with a prolific career spanning many decades in illustrating and writing superb children’s books. Robert Ingpen is the only one of the two Australians whose contribution to children’s literature has been acknowledged with the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. In 2016, at the age of 80, Robert Ingpen received the CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Lifetime Achievement Award.
“The Nutcracker”, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has been an inspiration for artists and composers the world over and has entertained children and adults for over two hundred years. …
Hoffman’s “The Nutcracker” is magically brought to life by Robert Ingpen Read More »
The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on a Thursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year. Today was Sunday. Four more days without …
“Tea and Sugar Christmas” Robert Ingpen paints a moving picture of outback Australia Read More »
I grew up in the Soviet Union, so I think I can be forgiven for having only a vague understanding of the celebration of Halloween and its significance. Even when …
Robert Ingpen’s “Halloween Circus” is so good, it’s scary! Read More »
Below you’ll see both “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking-Glass” illustrated by the Australian master Robert Ingpen. Originally published by Palazzo Editions (my books shown here are …
This classic poem by the American professor of literature and theology Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) and the Australian master of illustration Robert Ingpen (born 1936) was first titled “A Visit …
“The Night before Christmas”: Robert Ingpens’ Santa from my childhood’s imagination Read More »