Portrait of Camille Saint Saens
Image ID: ART071
etching of Camille Saint-Saens, composer, A.P. III signed l.r., undated
Alan James Robinson
Born in 1950, local Easthampton graphic artist, sculptor, and book designer Al Robinson was named by Esquire Magazine in 1984 as one of "the best of a new generation of men and women under 40 who are changing America." He studied art as a graduate student as the University of Massachusetts and woodblock-cutting under renown local artist Barry Moser. In 1979, Robinson founded Cleloniidae Press, a fine press publisher of limited editions and graphic portfolios.
Robinson is best known for his illustrated books of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat and The Raven, and for a collection of early animals called An Odd Bestiary. In the early 1980's, he presented the Art and Music Department of Forbes Library with six lithographs of classical composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner.
Alan James Robinson
Born in 1950, local Easthampton graphic artist, sculptor, and book designer Al Robinson was named by Esquire Magazine in 1984 as one of "the best of a new generation of men and women under 40 who are changing America." He studied art as a graduate student as the University of Massachusetts and woodblock-cutting under renown local artist Barry Moser. In 1979, Robinson founded Cleloniidae Press, a fine press publisher of limited editions and graphic portfolios.
Robinson is best known for his illustrated books of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat and The Raven, and for a collection of early animals called An Odd Bestiary. In the early 1980's, he presented the Art and Music Department of Forbes Library with six lithographs of classical composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner.
Image Details
| Dublin Core | |
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| Title |
Portrait of Camille Saint Saens
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| Subject |
Alan James Robinson
Camille Saint Saens
Etchings
Artists' proofs
Portrait prints
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| Description |
etching of Camille Saint-Saens, composer, A.P. III signed l.r., undated
Alan James Robinson Born in 1950, local Easthampton graphic artist, sculptor, and book designer Al Robinson was named by Esquire Magazine in 1984 as one of "the best of a new generation of men and women under 40 who are changing America." He studied art as a graduate student as the University of Massachusetts and woodblock-cutting under renown local artist Barry Moser. In 1979, Robinson founded Cleloniidae Press, a fine press publisher of limited editions and graphic portfolios. Robinson is best known for his illustrated books of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat and The Raven, and for a collection of early animals called An Odd Bestiary. In the early 1980's, he presented the Art and Music Department of Forbes Library with six lithographs of classical composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner. |
| Creator |
Alan James Robinson
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| Date |
1977
l.c. artist's proof III, l.r. signed |
| Format |
Etching
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| Identifier |
ART071
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| Coverage |
Arts and Music stacks
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| Physical Dimensions |
Frame size:32.75" x 25.75" x 1"
24 x 18"
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Citation
Alan James Robinson, “Portrait of Camille Saint Saens,” Forbes Library Images from the Archives (Legacy site: Pre-2022), accessed December 21, 2024, https://images.forbeslibrary.org/items/show/811.