About

Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Liepke attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena before dropping out after a year and a half. He then moved to New York and worked as a commercial illustrator for publications such as Time, Forbes and Newsweek. In the mid-1980s, he decided to change his career and devote himself entirely to painting, studying artists such as John Singer Sargent, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Diego Velázquez, James McNeill Whistler and Édouard Vuillard. In recent decades, Liepke has established himself as a leading contributor to today's resurgence of figurative painting. Bold brushstrokes, lush, buttery surfaces and, above all, the timeless humanity of his classically inspired images have led to successful solo exhibitions around the world. Malcolm Liepke's works are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Smithsonian Museum, as well as many renowned private collections worldwide.