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]
Bernie Haynes Robynson | |
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| Born | 1900 Paris, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | December 20, 2001 (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 |
Biography edit
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 edit
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 edit
- 1933, "Exhibition of the Work of Negro Artists", Harmon Foundation, Art Centre, New York City, New York[2][4]
References edit
- ^ 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.