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'''John Goffe Rand''' (27 January 1801–23 January 1873) lived and worked in Boston, London, and New York as a portrait painter and inventor. 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) lived and worked in Boston, London, and New York as a portrait painter and inventor. 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. 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. 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. 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>


Other later inventions by Rand were not as widely received, and most of his ideas were not financially successful. <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-goffe-rand-papers-6737/more |title = More Information &#124; A Finding Aid to the John Goffe Rand papers, 1832-1960, bulk 1832-1873 &#124; Digitized Collection}}</ref>
Other later inventions by Rand were not as widely received, and most of his ideas were not financially successful. <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-goffe-rand-papers-6737/more |title = More Information &#124; A Finding Aid to the John Goffe Rand papers, 1832-1960, bulk 1832-1873 &#124; Digitized Collection}}</ref>

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John Goffe Rand, self portrait, oil on board, c. 1836. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum).
John G. Rand
Born
John Goffe Rand

(1801-01-27)27 January 1801
Died23 January 1873(1873-01-23) (aged 71)

John Goffe Rand (27 January 1801–23 January 1873) lived and worked in Boston, London, and New York as a portrait painter and inventor. 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. In 1841, Rand patented[2] 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.”[3]

Other later inventions by Rand were not as widely received, and most of his ideas were not financially successful. [4]

References

  1. ^ "British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950 - R - National Portrait Gallery".
  2. ^ "PATENT FOR THE INVENTION OF THE TUBE (TUBE) 1841". tuba.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Paintedetc".
  4. ^ "More Information | A Finding Aid to the John Goffe Rand papers, 1832-1960, bulk 1832-1873 | Digitized Collection".