Robinson (artist)

{{Short description|German illustrator}}

{{Infobox artist

| name = Robinson

| image = Grab Werner Kruse ("Robinson").jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Grave at Lankwitz cemetery, Berlin.

| birth_name = Werner Kruse

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|12|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Reichenbrand (now part of Chemnitz), Saxony, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|9|1|1910|12|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Berlin, Germany

| field = Drawing, illustrations

}}

Werner Kruse (14 December 1910 – 1 September 1994), known by his pen name Robinson, was a German illustrator. In 1967 he produced a book of ink drawings that show New York City's skyline and neighborhoods in intense detail. He described it as "an X-ray" style that showed the city's buildings from outside and inside.[http://birnbaum.themorningnews.org/subject/wernerkruse/ Robert Birnbaum, "The Morning News", Oct. 5, 2009]

The book, originally called "New York", was reissued in 2009 as "New York, Line by Line: From Broadway to the Battery." A review in New York magazine described the drawings as "scrupulously accurate, down to the tiny tripartite cornices on the brownstones."[http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/60107/ "New York", Oct. 18, 2009]

Born in Reichenbrand (Saxony) in 1910 and taking his name from the book "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, Robinson also made similar books about Paris,Robinson, Paris line by line, New York 2013 BerlinBerlin - Eintritt gestattet. Mit Robinson durch unsere Stadt. Ein neuartiger Wegweiser zum Kennenlernen und Wiederentdecken von Gebäuden, Ausflugszielen und anderen Sehenswürdigkeiten. Text Peter Kruse, Berlin 1976. and Tokyo.Robinson, Tokyo, New York 1967