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As the daughter and granddaughter of two artists who are very persnickety about what constitutes as "real art," I'm reluctant to reveal my love of paint-by-number kits. Specifically, watching the ...

Dan Robbins, an artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American sensation during the 1950s, has died aged 93. Robbins said he was inspired by Leonardo ...

Dan Robbins, who has died aged 93, came up with the idea for paint-by-numbers kits which became a do-it-yourself craze in the 1950s. In 1949 when working as a children’s colouring book illustrator and ...