Brian Robins
(1928-1988), Artist and playwright; Coffee house proprietorSitter in 14 portraits
Artist associated with 3 portraits
Welsh-born Robins left school aged fourteen. He met Ida Kar and Victor Musgrave in the early 1950s, when he was working as the last lamplighter in London. Robins was self-taught as a sculptor and his work was exhibited at Gallery One in 1954. A year later he photographed Kar with his carved wooden portrait of her. Robins became noted for his kinetic sculptures shown in a solo exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery (1966).
by Ida Kar, and by Brian Robins
quarter-plate glass negative, 1955
NPG x88606
by Ida Kar, and by Brian Robins
quarter-plate glass negative, 1955
NPG x88607
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