Robinson, Increase, 1890-1981.
Painter, teacher, lecturer, gallery owner, and State Director of the Federal Art Project in Illinois between 1933 and 1938.
Born Josephine Dorothea Richmann Robinson. Took the name of Increase Robinson after the death of her first husband, Philip Increase Robinson. She was a descendant of several generations of Chicago artists including Baron Eustace Wyszynski (her great-grandfather), Julia Wyszynski Lemos (her grandmother), and Josephine Lemos Reichmann (her mother). Peter van Beuren (1776-1844) was Robinson's great-great-grandfather. His daughter, Johanna, married Baron Wyszynski.
From the description of Increase Robinson photographs, 1909-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545604
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| creatorOf | Increase Robinson photographs | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Robert Jay Wolff papers | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Lemos, Julia Wyszynski, 1842-1928. | person |
| associatedWith | Reichmann, Josephine Lemos, 1864-1938. | person |
| associatedWith | Wolff, Robert Jay, 1905- | person |
| associatedWith | Wyszynski, Eustace, 1810-1891. | person |
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Birth 1890
Death 1981
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