Hal Robinson

High Bridge, New York City
c. 1920
Oil on Canvas Board
15 x 18

Hal Robinson (1867-1933)

Best known as an Impressionist landscape painter, Hal Robinson was born in Leominster, England. Details of his early life and education are unknown. When he arrived in New York in 1893 at the age of 25, he stated his profession as “artist” indicating that he had begun his professional career by that time. He was evidently quite accomplished, as his work was accepted for exhibition at the National Academy of Design in New York just three years later. In ensuing years he became a frequent exhibitor in New York and elsewhere along the eastern seaboard. In addition to the National Academy, he participated in exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and at a number of important art galleries, in New York City, Buffalo, Chicago and elsewhere. Robinson was best known as an Impressionist though his works have a Tonalist bent to them in palette, brushwork and mood. Many of his works have a soft, atmospheric quality to them. Scenes drawn from the heart of the wooded landscapes of lower New York State were a recurring theme for Robinson, as were bridges and urban outskirts of New York City. The High Bridge over the Harlem River was a recurring theme.

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