Boardman Robinson

Boardman Robinson was a Canadian-born American painter, illustrator, and cartoonist whose powerful political cartoons and book illustrations captured the turbulent spirit of the early 20th century.

ABOUT

Boardman "Mike" Michael Robinson, born in Nova Scotia in 1876, led a multifaceted career that spanned political cartooning, illustration, painting, and mural work. After an early childhood spent between England and Canada, he moved to Boston in the 1890s, where he first studied art at the Massachusetts College of Art. His artistic journey continued in Paris at the Académie Colarossi and the École des Beaux-Arts, where he found inspiration in the incisive political cartoons o…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Menes, Moses, Hammurabi (mural study, "The Law Givers," U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.) 1935 · Smithsonian American Art Museum Christ and Socrates (mural study, "The Law Givers," U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.) 1935 · Smithsonian American Art Museum Mountains 1915 · Cleveland Museum of Art Serbia, My Dear Mother (recto); Seated Soldier (verso) 1915 · Cleveland Museum of Art Seated Soldier (verso) 1915 · Cleveland Museum of Art Two Civil Prisoners 1915 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Honoré DaumierRealism, Caricature Jean-Louis ForainImpressionism, Caricature Théophile SteinlenArt Nouveau, Social Realism

Influenced

James BrooksAbstract Expressionism Jacob BurckSocial Realism