John N. Robinson

John N. Robinson (February 8, 1912 – October 17, 1994) was an African-American player who lived and worked in Washington, D.C. He made realist paintings showing the people and places of his relations home, his neighborhood, and the city in which he lived. Called "quiet and conscientious" and praised for works of "sincerity and humility," he was particularly noted for portraits that showed his sitters in a showing off that successfully revealed their individual character.: 6  A critic for Washington Post characterized his paintings as "hymns to the ordinary" and said they were "warmed by gratitude and gentleness."

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