Theodore Robinson
(1852-1896)

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Theodore Robinson was an American painter of Impressionist landscapes. Robinson was born in Irasburg, Vermont but spent much of his childhood in Wisconsin. Robinson studied art in Chicago for a short amount of time before moving to New York City. In New York Robinson quickly became part of the art scene and took courses at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League.

In 1876 Robinson moved to Europe to further his studies. Robinson enrolled in courses at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and worked under Carolus-Duran. While Robinson visited other European such as Venice and Bologna, he spent the most time in Paris. Robinson had several exhibitions in Paris before returning to the United States.

Robinson was only back in the America for a few years before returning to France. Robinson began spending most of his time in Giverny with the Impressionist painters, led by Claude Monet. At one point Robinson lived directly next door to Monet. It is believed the two were close friends and spent much time painting and discussing their art together.

Robinson left France in 1892 to teach courses Brooklyn and Napanoch, New York. Robinson was later invited to teach at Evelyn College in Princeton, New Jersey and in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Robinson was in and out of New York for the next several years, spending time at the Cos Cob Art Colony in Connecticut and in rural Vermont. Robinson was an influential artist in teacher throughout the northeast region. Robinson befriended American painters John Henry Twachtman and Julian Alden Weir.

Robinson was one of the first Impressionist painters in the United States during the 1880s. Robinson's paintings are now in the collections of many museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Art Institute of Chicago. Do you think you own a painting by Theodore Robinson? Contact us. We are the Theodore Robinson experts.