Bowker Biography:
Robet H. Robinson

Robert H. Robinson, writer and designer of You Kan Do A Kandinsky, always wanted to be an artist - but there was one drawback. He couldn't draw.

"With all the books I produced I would have to hire artists to do the illustrations," he said.

Except this one. And ironically it is about one of the greatest artists of all time and the one who has been credited with inventing abstraction.

"The reason I was able to do a Kandinsky was because of Kandinsky himself," Robinson added. Kandinsky stated, 'I want people to see finally what lies behind my paintings.'"

And this he did. He taught about his art and was a prolific writer. The book containing his complete writings is over nine hundred pages long. And Robinson was able to study hundreds of his compositions.

"I felt very comfortable following his teachings and in moving the elements (the circles,arcs, triangles) to creat the compositions. I became like one of his students when he was a teacher during his Bauhaus years from the early twenties to ealy thirties."

Robinson did over three hundred original illustrations for the 62 page book which is composed of extra thick paper and is meant to be copied and cut up. Robinson says about his book, "If it's still intact when you're done with it then you haven't gotten your money's worth."

 

 

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