Peter robinson artist biography

Former department store chain

Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores with its flagship store being situated at Oxford Circus, London.

Founded in 1833 as a drapery, Robinson bought up nearby shops on Oxford Street to create a department store. The Topshop chain debuted in 1964 as a section in a Peter Robinson branch. The shop building in Oxford Circus was completed in 1912 and is Grade II listed.

Peter Robinson (born in Ashburton) is a New Zealand artist of Māori (Kāi Tahu) descent.

Peter Robinson is a New Zealand artist of Māori descent.

He studied sculpture at the Ilam School of Fine Arts () and is currently associate professor and Dean Māori at Te Waka Tūhura Elam School of Fine Arts and Design.

Biography: Peter Robinson was born in Ashburton and studied sculpture at Ilam School of Fine Arts during – His playful, provocative and ironic works.

Robinson was born in Ashburton, Canterbury in , and currently lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.

History

Peter Robinson (1804–1874), a Yorkshireman, opened a linen drapery shop at 103 Oxford Street in 1833. By 1840, he had opened a Court & General Mourning House store at 247–249 Regent Street,^[1] which became known as "Black Peter Robinsons".

They always had a brougham, harnessed with a coachman dressed in black and lady fitters sat inside, ready to hurry off to the home of a newly bereaved widow.^[2] He increased his store space in Oxford Street by buying up nearby shops, so by 1850 he was able to create