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Robert Ebendorf was born on 30 September, 1938 in Topeka, Kansas, U.S., is an American metalsmith and jeweler. Discover Robert Ebendorf's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 30 September, 1938
Birthday 30 September
Birthplace Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1938

Robert William Ebendorf (born September 30, 1938) is an American metalsmith and jeweler, known for craft, art and studio jewelry, often using found objects.

Born on September 30, 1938, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Dr. Harry Ebendorf and Nomah Large, a homemaker.

Starting at a young age, his father would take him to his paternal grandparent's tailor shop.

There he would watch them work together, creating articles of clothing.

He credits the time spent there, and his mother, with helping create his sensitivity to the world around him and leading him to choose a career in art.

Academics challenged Ebendorf due to a learning disability, dyslexia.

However he excelled at sports, and was offered full scholarships for wrestling and football.

1960

With the encouragement of his high school art teacher, he instead decided to pursue art and chose to attend the University of Kansas where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1960, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1963.

He was influenced by the jewelry designed by Irena Brynner and by Scandinavian art.

After graduation, Ebendorf received a Fulbright Scholar grant to study abroad at the State School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Oslo, Norway.

1965

He returned to Norway again in 1965 when he was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant.

1966

He stayed there until 1966, working in Fredikstad at Norway Silver Designs.

1967

From 1967 until 1971, Ebendorf taught at the University of Georgia.

1970

Starting in 1970, Ebendorf joined Kurt Matzdorf in the metals department at State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz), where he remained until 1988.

He was one of the founding members of the Society of North American Goldsmiths in 1970, and is an inductee of the National Metalsmiths Hall of Fame.

1999

In 1999, he was named the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Art at the East Carolina University School of Art and Design.

and is a board member of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Smithsonian exhibition was held in the Renwick Gallery and traveled to other museums.

Ebendorf's work has been published extensively, and displayed in galleries around the world.

2003

In 2003–2004, the Smithsonian American Art Museum organized an exhibition of 95 pieces, titled The Jewelry of Robert Ebendorf: A Retrospective of Forty Years.

2005

In addition to the Fulbright Scholarship and Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant, Ebendorf has received a National Endowment for the Arts Award, and American Crafts Council Award, and in 2005 was named a Master of the Medium by the Renwick Alliance.

2014

In 2014, Ebendorf was given the Society of North American Goldsmith's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has four, the Metropolitan Museum has five, the Asheville Art Museum has two, and the Museum of Arts and Design has two Ebendorf pieces in their permanent collections.