Robinson (artist)

Werner Kruse (14 December 1910 – 1 September 1994), known by his pen name Robinson, was a German illustrator. In 1967 he produced a book of ink drawings that show New York City's skyline and neighborhoods in intense detail. He described it as "an X-ray" style that showed the city's buildings from outside and inside.[1]

Robinson
Grave at Lankwitz cemetery, Berlin.
Born
Werner Kruse

(1910-12-14)14 December 1910
Reichenbrand (now part of Chemnitz), Saxony, Germany
Died1 September 1994(1994-09-01) (aged 83)
Berlin, Germany
Known forDrawing, illustrations

The book, originally called "New York", was reissued in 2009 as "New York, Line by Line: From Broadway to the Battery." A review in New York magazine described the drawings as "scrupulously accurate, down to the tiny tripartite cornices on the brownstones."[2]

Born in Reichenbrand (Saxony) in 1910 and taking his name from the book "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, Robinson also made similar books about Paris,[3] Berlin[4] and Tokyo.[5]

References
  1. Robert Birnbaum, "The Morning News", Oct. 5, 2009
  2. "New York", Oct. 18, 2009
  3. Robinson, Paris line by line, New York 2013
  4. Berlin - Eintritt gestattet. Mit Robinson durch unsere Stadt. Ein neuartiger Wegweiser zum Kennenlernen und Wiederentdecken von Gebäuden, Ausflugszielen und anderen Sehenswürdigkeiten. Text Peter Kruse, Berlin 1976.
  5. Robinson, Tokyo, New York 1967

Further reading
  • Martin Otto: Vom "Buddhatempel" in die "Kleinstadt christlicher Nächstenliebe", von "Zarathustras Erhebung" zum "lehrenden Christus." Die Religion in den "Großhauswelten" (Exploramen) von "Robinson" (Werner Kruse) am Beispiel von Hamburg und Berlin. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Religionsgeschichte im dritten Jahrzehnt der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. In: Traugott Bautz / Bernhard Jaspert (eds.) 50 Jahre Biographisch-Bibliographsiches Kirchenlexikon. Ein Weg in die Zukunft. Nordhausen: Bautz, 2018, ISBN 978-3-95948-351-3, p. 707-762.
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