Robert Roger Ingpen (AM) (born October 13, 1936) is an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and author. Ingpen has written and/or-illustrated more than 100 published books. These include children's picture books and fictional stories for all ages. His nonfiction books mostly relate to history, conservation, environment and health issues. Ingpen has designed many postage stamps for Australia. Ingpen designed the flag and coat of arms for the Northern Territory. Ingpen has created a number of public murals in Geelong, Melbourne, Canberra and the Gold Coast in Queensland. He also has designed bronze statues, which include the 'Poppykettle Fountain' in Geelong's Steam Packet Gardens (currently dry due to drought restrictions) and the bronze doors to the Melbourne Cricket Club. His most recent work is the design and working drawings for a tapestry, which was woven by The Victorian Tapestry Workshop, to celebrate the 150 years of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In 1982 Ingpen designed the Dromkeen Medal for the Governors of the Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation. This medal is awarded annually to Australians in recognition of contributions to children's literature. He was awarded the medal in 1989 for his own work in the field. Ingpen was illustrator for the centenary editions of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows for which he bases characterisations on contemporary figures and personalities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ingpen
Nat. Lib. Australia www site, 22 Dec. 2006 MS 9141 Papers of Robert Ingpen page (Robert Ingpen, illustrator, designer, writer and consultant, was born in Geelong in 1936. Studied at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
Page, M. F. Aussie battlers, 1982 t.p. (Robert Ingpen)
Ssu ta tʻan hsien chia. Ma-kʻo Po-lo, 1998 t.p. (Lo-po Ying-pʻan) last p. (Robert Ingpen)
Swan Hill Folk Museum. Committee of Management. Swan Hill Folk ... 1970
The rare bear, 2004 t.p. (Robert Ingpen)
Wikipedia, Sept. 12, 2012 (Robert Ingpen ; Robert Roger Ingpen (AM) (born 13 October 1936) is an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and author. Ingpen was born in Geelong Australia and attended Geelong College to 1957. He graduated with a Diploma of Graphic Art from RMIT where he studied with Harold Freedman. He was one of the founding members of the Australian Conservation Foundation.)
