▁K ip n iss ▁returned ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁to ▁Manh attan . ▁That ▁year ▁he ▁received ▁representation ▁at ▁the ▁Contempor aries , ▁a ▁Manh attan ▁gallery , ▁and ▁showed ▁there ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁He ▁continued ▁what ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁routine , ▁painting ▁by ▁day ▁and ▁working ▁at ▁the ▁Manh attan ▁General ▁Post ▁Office ▁during ▁the ▁even ings ; ▁by ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁ear n ▁his ▁living ▁creating ▁paint ings . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁K ip n iss ▁has ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁twenty - two ▁museum ▁and ▁other ▁institution al ▁one - man ▁exhib itions ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁abroad . ▁His ▁first ▁institution al ▁one - man ▁exhibition ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁at ▁the ▁Allen ▁R . ▁H ite ▁Institute ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Louis ville ▁in ▁Kentucky . ▁The ▁most ▁recent ▁of ▁his ▁several ▁ret ros pect ives , ▁a ▁five - de cade ▁print ▁ret ros pective ▁compr ising ▁eight y - six ▁l ith ograph s , ▁me zz ot ints , ▁and ▁dry points ▁from ▁the ▁James ▁F . ▁White ▁Collection , ▁was ▁shown ▁at ▁the ▁New ▁Orleans ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art , ▁New ▁Orleans , ▁Louisiana , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁a ▁celebr atory ▁re open ing ▁of ▁the ▁museum ▁six ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁dev ast ation ▁of ▁H urr icane ▁K atr ina . ▁In ▁ 1