Paint-by-numbers started out decades ago as a product; now it is heading back in that direction. I just put it through my own filter. • Art with a capital A has very little to do with the ...

Diane Obrien, Second Time Around in Kasson, says, “We have a pair of Paint by Numbers for $38 for the pair in the downstairs room, rented by Oslo Antiques and Collectables.“ ...

A commemorative print from 2008 of Mr. Robbins’s original paint-by-numbers creation in 1950, an abstract still-life. His boss then asked him to make something more representational, and an ...

Dan Robbins, who tried to make “every man a Rembrandt” with his invention of paint-by-number kits in the 1950s, a phenomenon that delighted hobbyists and rankled critics by inviting amateurs ...

If you wander through New York’s Museum of Modern Art, you’ll eventually come across Painting Number 2 by Franz Kline, a set of thick, unruly black lines on a white canvas. Elsewhere, you will ...

For decades, a vintage paint-by-numbers abstract depicting a dish of fruit and an off-kilter pitcher has occupied shelf space in a suburban townhouse basement. Now the artwork is headed for the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — 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. He was 93.

If you wander through New York’s Museum of Modern Art, you’ll eventually come across Painting Number 2 by Franz Kline, a set of thick, unruly black lines on a white canvas. Elsewhere, you will find ...