ORLANDO, FL.- The themes of quiet contemplation, isolation and enigmatic beauty merge at the Orlando Museum of Art as it presents Seen in Solitude: Robert Kipniss Prints from the James F. White Collection December 10, 2006 - February 11, 2007. The exhibition organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art showcases black-and-white and color lithographs, drypoints and mezzotints created by Robert Kipniss between 1968 and 2003.

“It’s a perfect exhibition to coincide with our exhibition of French and American Impressionists’ landscape paintings,” said Marena Grant Morrisey, Executive Director of the Orlando Museum of Art. “We’re thrilled to have both of these exhibitions on view throughout the holidays.”

Kipniss began his career as a painter and had his first NYC solo exhibition in 1951. It wasn’t until 1967, when he took a printmaking class at New York’s Pratt Graphics Center, that he began to produce prints. His distinctive imagery, often drawn from his memories of Long Island and the Midwest, includes scenes of shadowy trees and landscapes, abstracted views of houses, and quiet interiors and still lifes. Kipniss prints rarely include the human figure, creating images that invite contemplation and often convey a sense of solitude and aloneness.

Kipniss notes, “the central impetus of my work is the endless range of feelings and thoughts evoked by the basic act of seeing, usually in isolation, and with a haunting intensity.”