Born in 1940 and raised in the brandywine Valley of landlocked Pennsylvania, Charles Raskob Robinson was exposed at an early age to the art and influence of Howard Pyle, the Wyeths and others of the Brandywine School. His bent for marine subjects can be traced to the summers he spent on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay and in the waters off the Maine Coast.

In high school he saw his share of river life, rowing 2,000 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico and venturing alone 4,500 miles up the Amazon and its tributaries. During college he founded the Colonial Arms Foundry, a company that manufactured model operational reproductions of US Naval cannon of the 1812 vintage. Sold across the country through Neiman Marcus, Abercrombie & Fitch and other fine stores, these cannon appear in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Maritime Museum and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland.

After obtaining his B.A. from Haverford College, Haverford, PA, he was awarded a Masters of Arts degree at the Johns Hopkins University. Upon moving to New York City in 1965, the artist attended the Arts Students' League for a number of years and is now a Life Member of the League. He studied under Daniel Greene, Robert Beverly Hale, and the late Robert Brackman, among others. He also painted with John Howard Sanden in his Carnegie Hall Studios.

Charles Raskob Robinson has exhibited, including one man shows, throughout this country and in Canada and has been represented in virtually every major national and international contemporary marine art exhibition in the United States in recent years. He has also been featured in several publications, including Nautical Quarterly and Sea History.

The artist has been active in the National Maritime Historical Society, the South Street Seaport Museum and is a charter artist member, officer and director of the American Society of Marine Artists. His studio is located in Washington, CT.

Tidal Pool, Seawall Beach, ME
19 X 29 OIL ($3,700)

    

Moonrise
16 X 26 OIL ($2,275)

    

Bull & Bear off Brooklyn
17 X 27 OIL ($4,000)

  

Sundown over Sengekennet Pond
17 X 25 OIL ($2,800)

Race Under Clearing Skies
11 x 19 OIL ($1,450)