Wipper (Vipper) Boris Robertovich (3 [15] April 1888, Moscow – 24 January 1967, Moscow) – Soviet art historian, Honoured Art Worker of the RSFSR (1959), Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1962), Professor (from 1918).

Boris Wipper studied at Moscow University from 1906 to 1911. He lectured at Moscow University (from 1915) and at the University of Latvia (1924–1941). He was also active in the museum field.

Wipper’s major works address fundamental problems in art history, such as issues of realism, the conflict of artistic movements, and the history of styles and genres. His scholarship is noted for its breadth of synthesis and coverage, multifaceted analysis of historical and artistic processes, and precise identification of defining characteristics in works of art.

Major works:

Проблема и развитие натюрморта, Казань, 1922 (The Problem and Development of Still Life, Kazan, 1922)

Тинторетто. М., 1948(Tintoretto, Moscow, 1948)

Борьба течений в итальянском искусстве XVI века, М., 1956 (The Struggle of Trends in Italian Art of the 16th Century, Moscow, 1956)

Становление реализма в голландской живописи XVII века, М., 1957 (The Rise of Realism in 17th-Century Dutch Painting, Moscow, 1957)

Очерки голландской живописи эпохи расцвета (1640—1670), М., 1962 (Essays on Dutch Painting of the Golden Age (1640–1670), Moscow, 1962)
Проблемы реализма в итальянской живописи XVII—XVIII вв., М., 1966 (Problems of Realism in 17th–18th Century Italian Painting, Moscow, 1966)

Статьи об искусстве, М., 1970 (Articles on Art, Moscow, 1970)

Latvijas māksla baroka laikmetā (Art in Latvia during the Baroque Period), Rīga, 1937; English edition: Baroque Art in Latvia, Rīga, 1939