14 Colorful and Fun Paint-by-Number Kits That Don't Require Any Expertise. By Emily Weaver. Updated on April 28, 2020 at 4:20 PM. amazon.com.

This exhibition highlights the paint-by-number fad initiated by Max S. Klein, owner of the Palmer Paint Co., and artist Dan Robbins and explores the cultural implications of the art fad. Millions of ...

The man behind the American pastime of paint-by-numbers pictures died on April 1 at the age of 93. Dan Robbins created the first pictures and helped popularize paint-by-numbers kits in the 1950s.

Critics were aghast, but hobbyists couldn't get enough of it: In the mid-1950s, paint-by-numbers kits were all the rage. Dan Robbins, the artist who helped invent those kits, died at a hospice on ...

Paint-by-number kits are a bygone pastime that first emerged in 1953, invented by Craft Masters to enrapture mid-century craft enthusiasts. While the popularity of these kits have waxed and waned ...

Have you ever wanted to paint a beautiful landscape, a cherished portrait, or even your own pet, but felt intimidated by the prospect of free handing it?As they say, “there’s an app for… ...

Instead, odds are it would have been a paint-by-number picture. Dan Robbins, the man behind the cultural phenomenon, died on Monday, April, 1. He was 93, reports John Seewer for the Associated Press .

The paint-by-number kit had largely disappeared from the shelves by 1960, a victim of competitive market saturation and new fads, but millions of treasured works survive in attics and basements.