{"Id":3323,"Name":"Mario A. Robinson","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMario Andres Robinson: In the American Tradition:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003CTABLE WIDTH=\u0022250\u0022 BORDER=\u00220\u0022 CELLSPACING=\u00220\u0022 CELLPADDING=\u00220\u0022 ALIGN=\u0022RIGHT\u0022\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\u002210\u0022\u003E\u003CIMG SRC=\u0022/images/spacer.gif\u0022 WIDTH=\u002210\u0022 HEIGHT=\u00221\u0022 ALT=\u0022\u0022 BORDER=\u00220\u0022\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Ctable border=\u00221\u0022 width=\u0022100%\u0022 cellpadding=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00220\u0022 bgcolor=\u0022C9BB96\u0022 bordercolor=\u0022#BAAD89\u0022\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Ctable border=\u00220\u0022 width=\u0022100%\u0022 cellpadding=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00220\u0022\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd width=\u002210\u0022\u003E\u003CIMG SRC=\u0022/images/spacer.gif\u0022 WIDTH=\u002210\u0022 HEIGHT=\u00221\u0022 ALT=\u0022\u0022 BORDER=\u00220\u0022\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022caption\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-style:times;font-size:10px;font-color:#030C2D\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ELatest News:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EMario Robinson is to be featured in the January and February (2006) issues of \u003Cu\u003EThe Artist\u0027s Magazine\u003C/u\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EMario was one of the artists to make the list of ARC\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022/articles/2005/Reasons/museum1.asp\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E225 Most Popular Artists\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd width=\u002210\u0022\u003E\u003CIMG SRC=\u0022/images/spacer.gif\u0022 WIDTH=\u002210\u0022 HEIGHT=\u00221\u0022 ALT=\u0022\u0022 BORDER=\u00220\u0022\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003C/table\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003C/table\u003E\u003C/TD\u003E\u003C/TR\u003E\u003C/TABLE\u003EMario Andres Robinson was born in Altus, Oklahoma, where he resided with his family before relocating to New Jersey at the age of 12. His artistic talent was discovered by a fifth grade teacher and sparked a creative explosion in the pre-teen, which led him to the prestigious classrooms of the Pratt Institute.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E Early in his development, Mario Andres Robinson began looking to the great masters for inspiration and technical insight. An avid student of realism, Robinson studied the elemental principles of painting by exploring the work and technique of Old Masters such as \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=92\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ERembrandt\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=607\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EVermeer\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=46\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EDegas\u003C/a\u003E. However, it was the work of 19th and 20th-century American artists that provided Robinson with the strongest stylistic foundation, helping him forge and define his own artistic sensibility.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E The work of Mario Andres Robinson fits squarely within the tradition of American painting. Robinson\u0027s finished works bear a close affinity to the masters of the realist tradition, \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2053\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EAndrew Wyeth\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=83\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EThomas Eakins\u003C/a\u003E. Containing few references to modern life, Robinson\u0027s work has a timeless and universal quality, and exhibits a distinct turn-of-the-century stylistic aesthetic. The images he chooses, which refer to a bygone era where solitude and reflection were abundant, also provoke frequent allusions to the paintings of \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=897\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EWinslow Homer\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=900\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EEdward Hopper\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E Beginning in 1994, Robinson\u0027s work began to extensively incorporate rural subjects primarily located in the state of Alabama. Each subject is very personal for Robinson in both selection and execution. As the work progresses, the artist\u0027s relationship with the sitter develops and a uniquely personal story begins to evolve. Robinson frequently depicts his subjects framed within the context of their daily lives. The underlying narrative counters sentimentality and serves as the underpinning for his figurative images.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E While a confluence of styles has exerted varying degrees of influence over Robinson, the artist\u0027s individuality continually asserts itself. He is capable of exceptional technical proficiency, which he uses to convey his vision of people and places in his immediate world, and the rural venues he chooses to depict.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":true,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":43}