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American printmaker (1900–2001)
Bernie Haynes Robynson
Born 1900 Died December 20, 2001(2001-12-20) (aged 100–101)New York, U.S.
Other names Bernie Robynson, Bernie Hayes Robynson, Bernice Haynes Robynson Education
Knoxville College , YMCA School of Art,
National Academy of Design ,
Art Students League of New York Occupation(s) Printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, educator Movement
Harlem Renaissance
Bernie Haynes Robynson (1900—2001), was an American printmaker, illustrator, graphic artist, and educator. He is associated with graphic arts history within the
Harlem Renaissance , a Black cultural movement of the 1920s in New York City.
[1]
Biography
Bernie Haynes Robynson was born in 1900 in
Paris, Kentucky into an African American family.
[2] Some of his early records use the name Bernice Haynes Robynson. He attended classes at
Knoxville College , the YMCA School of Art, the
National Academy of Design , and the
Art Students League of New York .
[3] Robynson had studied under
Augusta Savage ; British painter and sculptor,
Charles Louis Hinton ; and cartoonist,
Mort Burger .
[4]
Robynson did commercial artwork for the
Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company , and the Fuller Poster Company.
[5] His illustrations were published in
The New York Age ,
The Crisis , and
Amsterdam News .
[5]
[6]
[7]
Photographer and painter,
James C. Thibodeaux had been one of Robynson's students.
[8]
Death and legacy
He died on December 20, 2001.
[9] The
Oregon Historical Society Research Library has a collection of his posters.
[10] The
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at
Yale University also contains his work in the collection.
[11] The W. E. B. Du Bois Papers at the Special Collections and University Archives,
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries contain the 1929 mailing address for Robynson, who was working as an illustrator for
The Crisis at the time.
[12]
Exhibitions
References
^ Hills, Patricia (2019-01-05).
Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence . University of California Press. p. 172.
ISBN
978-0-520-30550-2 .
^
a
b
"Robynson, Bernie Haynes. (b. Paris, KY, 1900; active New York, NY, 1954)" . African American Visual Artist Database (AAVAD) . Archived from
the original on March 5, 2021.
^ Kirschke, Amy Helene (2007-01-23).
Art in Crisis: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African American Identity and Memory . Indiana University Press. p. 42.
ISBN
978-0-253-21813-1 .
^
a
b Cederholm, Theresa Dickason (1973).
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory .
Boston Public Library . Boston, MA: Trustees of the Boston Public Library. p. 242.
ISBN
978-0-89073-007-2 – via
Internet Archive .
^
a
b
"Bernie Robynson: Negro Artist's Drawings Used in Consolidated Gas Co.s Advertisements" .
The New York Age . March 28, 1931. p. 6 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Kirschke, Amy Helene; Sinitiere, Phillip Luke (2019-01-01).
Protest and Propaganda: W. E. B. Du Bois, the CRISIS, and American History . University of Missouri Press. p. 94.
ISBN
978-0-8262-7432-8 .
^ Goeser, Caroline (2007).
Picturing the New Negro: Harlem Renaissance Print Culture and Modern Black Identity . University Press of Kansas. p. 72.
ISBN
978-0-7006-1466-0 .
^ Duncan, Robert J. (February 21, 2013).
"Thibodeaux, James C. (1911–2004)" .
Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) .
^
"United States Social Security Death Index; Bernie H Robynson, 20 Dec 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database" .
FamilySearch.org .
^
"Bernie Robynson posters" . Archives West . Retrieved 2023-12-25 .
^ Harmon, Katharine (2016-11-01).
You Are Here: NYC: Mapping the Soul of the City . Chronicle Books. pp. 115–116.
ISBN
978-1-61689-549-5 .
^
"The office's notation of the New York City address of this "Crisis" illustrator; W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, 1803-1999 (bulk 1877–1963)" . Digital Commonwealth . February 1929. Retrieved 2023-12-25 .