- Pessoa
- 1934-2023
Ann Kipling was a Canadian artist best known for her impressionistic portraits and landscapes. Kipling was born in Victoria, B.C., and studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art and Design) from 1955 to 1960. She also studied under fellow Canadian artists Jan Zack, Herbert Siebner, and Rudy Kovak before her first solo show at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1971. Kipling lived in Falkland, B.C., for 45 years with her husband, sculptor Leonhard Epp, and much of her famous landscape work drew on their home’s natural scenery. Her work has been featured in galleries and museums across Canada and overseas, including the West Vancouver Art Gallery and the British Museum. She was awarded numerous grants from Canadian institutions, was the first recipient of the prestigious Audain Prize for the Visual Arts in 2004, and received an honorary doctorate from Emily Carr University in 2008.