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Elijah and the Angel (a.k.a. Gabriel’s Fall), 1989, by Edward Knippers, Oil on plywood, 51” x 39”
Elijah and the Angel by Edward Knippers
$7,000
Elijah and the Angel (a.k.a. Gabriel’s Fall), 1989, by Edward Knippers, Oil on plywood, 51” x 39”
Knippers attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky where he attained a BA in fine arts. He later studied at the University of Tennessee and attained a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting. He studied in the studios of Zao Wou-Ki in 1970 and Otto Eglau in 1976 at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg. In 1976, he was awarded the Prize of Salzburg in print-making. In 1980, he was a fellow at S. W. Hayter’s Atelier 17 in Paris. He also studied at the Sorbonne and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Knippers’ work is found in numerous public and private collections throughout the U.S. including:
The Vatican Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, Rome
The Biblical Art Museum, Dallas
The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
The Grunewald Print Collection at the Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
The Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville
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