biography
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Robinson, Boardman (Mike)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1952)
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| biography:
| Illustrator and lithographer, born in Somerset, Nova Scotia, USA. He studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art School (1894–7), in France (1898–9, 1901–4), and lived in New York City. He became known for his Socialist political cartoons and his book illustrations for such writers as Dostoyevsky, Edgar Lee Masters, and Herman Melville. He became the director of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (1930–47), where he initiated an influential lithography programme. |
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