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{{Infobox artist
{{Infobox artist
| image = John Goffe Rand. self portrait. c. 1836.jpg
| image = John Goffe Rand - Self-Portrait - 1971.271 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg
| caption = Self portrait, oil on board, c. 1836
| caption = Self portrait, oil on board, c. 1836
| birth_name = John Goffe Rand
| birth_name = John Goffe Rand
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1801|01|27|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1801|01|27|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1873|01|23|1801|01|27|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1873|01|23|1801|01|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bedford, New Hampshire]]
| death_place = [[Roslyn, New York]]
| known_for = [[Portrait painting]]
| spouse = Lavinia Brainerd Rand (m. 1831)
}}
}}
'''John Goffe Rand''' ([[Bedford, New Hampshire]], 27 January 1801–[[Roslyn, New York]], 23 January 1873) was an American painter and inventor. He lived and worked in Boston, London, and New York. Rand invented and patented the first collapsible artist's paint [[Tube (container)|tube]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/directory-of-suppliers/r.php | title=British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R - National Portrait Gallery}}</ref>
'''John Goffe Rand''' (27 January 1801–23 January 1873) was an American painter and inventor. He lived and worked in Boston, London, and New York. Rand invented and patented the first collapsible artist's paint [[Tube (container)|tube]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.npg.org.uk/research/programmes/directory-of-suppliers/r.php | title=British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R - National Portrait Gallery}}</ref>


The tin tube allowed unused [[oil paint]] to be stored and used later without drying out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christies.com/features/14-Art-Media-Paint-in-Tubes-5840-1.aspx|title=A real squeeze: Paint in tubes &#124; Christie's|website=www.christies.com}}</ref> In 1841, Rand patented<ref>{{cite web |title=PATENT FOR THE INVENTION OF THE TUBE (TUBE) 1841 |url=http://www.tuba.ru/news.html?ID=98&oper=1 |website=tuba.ru |accessdate=3 September 2019 |language=Russian}}</ref> the invention with the United States Patent Office (Sept 11, 1841 Patent No. 2,252). He went on to patent several later improvements. [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]] said “Without tubes of paint, there would have been no [[Impressionism]].”<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.paintedetc.com/post/1051645636/the-paint-tube-was-invented-in-1841-superseding |title = Paintedetc}}</ref>
The tin tube allowed unused [[oil paint]] to be stored and used later without drying out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christies.com/features/14-Art-Media-Paint-in-Tubes-5840-1.aspx|title=A real squeeze: Paint in tubes &#124; Christie's|website=www.christies.com}}</ref> In 1841, Rand patented<ref>{{cite web |title=PATENT FOR THE INVENTION OF THE TUBE (TUBE) 1841 |url=http://www.tuba.ru/news.html?ID=98&oper=1 |website=tuba.ru |accessdate=3 September 2019 |language=Russian}}</ref> the invention with the United States Patent Office (Sept 11, 1841 Patent No. 2,252). He went on to patent several later improvements. [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]] said “Without tubes of paint, there would have been no [[Impressionism]].”<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.paintedetc.com/post/1051645636/the-paint-tube-was-invented-in-1841-superseding |title = Paintedetc}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:58, 7 September 2022

John G. Rand
Self portrait, oil on board, c. 1836
Born
John Goffe Rand

(1801-01-27)27 January 1801
Bedford, New Hampshire
Died23 January 1873(1873-01-23) (aged 71)
Roslyn, New York
Known forPortrait painting
SpouseLavinia Brainerd Rand (m. 1831)

John Goffe Rand (27 January 1801–23 January 1873) was an American painter and inventor. He lived and worked in Boston, London, and New York. Rand invented and patented the first collapsible artist's paint tube.[1]

The tin tube allowed unused oil paint to be stored and used later without drying out.[2] In 1841, Rand patented[3] the invention with the United States Patent Office (Sept 11, 1841 Patent No. 2,252). He went on to patent several later improvements. Renoir said “Without tubes of paint, there would have been no Impressionism.”[4]

Other later inventions by Rand were not as widely received, and most of his ideas were not financially successful.[5]

He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.[6]

References

  1. ^ "British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R - National Portrait Gallery".
  2. ^ "A real squeeze: Paint in tubes | Christie's". www.christies.com.
  3. ^ "PATENT FOR THE INVENTION OF THE TUBE (TUBE) 1841". tuba.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Paintedetc".
  5. ^ "More Information | A Finding Aid to the John Goffe Rand papers, 1832-1960, bulk 1832-1873 | Digitized Collection".
  6. ^ "John Goffe Rand (1801-1873) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.


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