John Goffe Rand, Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Goffe Rand

American painter

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1801

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1873

Profession: inventor, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

John Goffe Rand (1801–1873) 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.The tin tube allowed unused oil paint to be stored and used later without drying out.
In 1841, Rand patented the invention with the United States Patent Office.
He went on to patent several later improvements.
Renoir said “Without tubes of paint, there would have been no Impressionism.”Other later inventions by Rand were not as widely received, and most of his ideas were not financially successful.



Alternative names	John Rand; John G. Rand; John Foffe Rand
Description	American painter and inventor
Date of birth/death	27 January 1801	23 January 1873
Authority control	: Q2143574 VIAF: 54092470 ISNI: 0000 0000 6707 139X ULAN: 500002070 LCCN: nr2003020633 RKD: 65573 WorldCat