John Goffe Rand

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]

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

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

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".


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