Walter Robinson
1950–2025
Introduction
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.
Wikidata identifier
Q16145702
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Introduction
Active in New York City. Robinson was co-publisher of Art-Rite and later Artnet. He was known as a writer and critic but has maintained a parallel career as a painter.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, art critic, critic, editor, painter, photographer, writer
ULAN identifier
500091555
Names
Walter Robinson, III Walter Rossiter Robinson
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed July 10, 2025.
