Library
Books
- Whatever Happened To Paint-By-Numbers? by Dan Robbins, Possum Hill Press, "A humorous account of what it took to make anyone an artist."
- Paint By Number Kit: Everything You Need to Re-Create 8 Vintage Masterpieces
- Paint by Number: How to Craze That Swept the Nation by William Bird
Articles
- Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s
- Cabinet Magazine Interview with William L. Bird, Jr, curator of of the Smithsonian exhibit
- Collecting Paint-by-Number Art by Doug James
- A nice, detailed history of Craft Master and PBNs, in two parts: History of PBN By Deanna Dahlsad
- Interview w/ PBN collector Lary Rubin on La Salon de Paint by Numbers
- Vintage Paint-by-Number Paintings Make a Comeback - Long article about resurgence in PBN interest from 07/2001
Documents
- Dan Robbins Press Release
- Mad Magazine PBN Cover Art
- Photo of the Craftint Girls
- Picture Craft Advertisements
- Pann Products Twin Hit Advertisement
- Picture Craft Advertisement
- Pann Products Santa Claus Ad
- Craft Master "I Painted it myself!" Ad
- Standard Toykraft's"Facts About Space" insert
- PBNs in the 1950's Home (Photos)
Links
- Le Salon de Paint-By-Numbers - Great archives of PBN documents, interviews, paintings and transcribed articles dating back to the 1950's.
- Cool pictures and links to 360° view of an in-home 'Paint-by-Number Salon'
- Artist Trey Speegle works with and collects Paint by Numbers, photos of PBN-related work on his site
- Don Baum- Artist often uses PBN's as source material for works
- A Norwegian personal site with documentation of PBN process as well as interesting strategies for home-made PBN alterations
- Segmation- "Paint by Number for the Digital Age"
- Velveteria - World Famous museum of Velvet Paintings!
If you have a relevant site and want to swap links, or just have suggestions, get in touch: pbnmuseum@comcast.net
