Walter Robinson (artist)
Walter Robinson | |
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Robinson in 2012 | |
| Born | July 18, 1950 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | February 9, 2025 (aged 74) New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Mike Robinson |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, publisher, art curator and art writer |
Walter Rossiter Robinson III (July 18, 1950 – February 9, 2025), also known as Mike Robinson, was an American painter, publisher, art curator, and art writer, based in New York City. He was called a Neo-pop painter, as well as a member of the 1980s Pictures Generation. Robinson was the subject of the 632 page book A Kiss Before Dying: Walter Robinson – A Painter of Pictures and Arbiter of Critical Pleasures by Richard Milazzo published in 2021 with an Italian translation by Ginevra Quadrio Curzio.