John Robinson's Paintbrushes
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content: 20th Century
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content: These heavily used paintbrushes—featuring paint splotches on the handles and tape to reinforce some of the ferrules—belonged to artist John Robinson. The tools enabled the lifelong D.C. resident, who worked full-time as a cook at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, to escape to his “secret place” where “all the cares and troubles of the day just melt away.” Robinson painted people and places in his Anacostia community, documenting and preserving the history of his neighborhood.
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content: Estos pinceles intensamente utilizados -con manchas de pintura en los mangos y cinta adhesiva para reforzar algunas de las virolas- pertenecieron al artista John Robinson. Estos instrumentos permitían a Robinson, que trabajaba a tiempo completo como cocinero en el hospital St. Elizabeths en Washington D.C., escaparse a su "lugar secreto", donde "todas las preocupaciones y los problemas del día desaparecían". Robinson pintaba personas y lugares de su comunidad de Anacostia, documentando y preservando de esa manera la historia de su barrio.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
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content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of John N. Robinson
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content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1992.0017.0001
objectType: label: Type
content: paint brush
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: bristles, wood, metal, paint
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content: smallest: 1 5/8 × 1/4 in. (4.2 × 0.7 cm)
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content: largest: 11 3/8 × 7/16 in. (28.9 × 1.1 cm)