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
- Vintage Paint-by-Number Paintings Make a Comeback - Long article about resurgence in PBN interest from 07/2001
Documents and Photographs
- Dan Robbins Press Release
- Mad Magazine PBN Cover Art
- Photo of the Craftint Girls
- Craftint Letter to Vendors
- Craftint Dealer Aids
- Craftint Color Mixing Instructions
- Standard Toykraft's"Facts About Space" insert
- PBNs in the 1950's Home (Photos)
Advertising and Catalogs
- Art Award, "The finest in paint-by-number sets..."
- Craft Master "I Painted it myself!" Ad
- Craft Master's "Tile 'N Frame" Kit
- Craftint's Kid-Ease set-- PBNs on die-cut panels
- Craftint Deco-Write Kits for Dealers
- Craftint Hobby Art Catalog for Dealers
- Craftint Wall Art Scroll PBNs
- CVH Taffeta Pictures 601-18, 1968
- CVH Taffeta Pictures 621-8, 1963
- CVH Junior Velvet Tableaux Sets, 1966
- Elvis Presley PBN Kit Adverisement
- General Merchandise Company (1958)
- Pann Products Santa Claus Ad
- Pann Products Twin Hit Advertisement
- Picture Craft Ozzie Nelsons Advertisement
- Picture Craft Advertisement
- Picture-Craft Original (1953)
- Sears Catalog PBN Listings/Jon Gnagy Ad (1962)
- Sears Full Color catalog w/ PBN kits (1962)
- Teencraft Scrap 'n Snap Scrapbook Catalog
- Tole Craft paintable metal objects, 1-9
- Tole Craft paintable metal objects 5-6; 8-14
- Trimen Palette List of Pictures Available 10-19: 201-20
Oddities, Unusual Kits and Other PBN-Related Products
- Americana PBN Model kit
- Art Award Paint 'n Puff
- Craft Master's Incredible Shrinking Pictures PBN Kit
- Craft Master Tile 'N Frame Kit, late 1950's
- Framed Bible Paint-by-Number Set
- Hasbro's Oriental Scrolls
- Kenner Art Gallery Set - Shaded PBN set with frames and blendable colors
- Teencraft Scrap 'n Snap Book
- PBN Kit for the 1964-5 marionette-based TV program "Stingray"
- Transogram Paint Your Own Stained Glass Kit (1957)
- Transogram Mosaic Art (1958)
- Jon Gnagy Tile Painting Set
- Picturette Twins Ornamented Wall Plaques
- Workman PBN Calendar 2003
- Workman PBN Calendar 2006
3-D Kits
Watercolor Kits
- Mickey Mouse Club Paint 'n Frame
- Plasticast Watercolor Kit (1953)
- Standard Toykraft Tom Sawyer
- Transogram Tales of Wells Fargo
- Tansogram Rin-Tin-Tin
- Transogram Superman
Color by Number Kits
- Create You Own Flo-Line
- Kenner American Village Paint-N-Build (1954) - 3-D PBN Houses/Village scene
- Mac Rey Paint Pen Kit
- Venus Paradise Coloring Set
Paint or Color by Number Books
Reproduction Kits
- Barnes & Noble You're The Artist (2004)
- Barnes & Noble You're The Artist #2 (2004)
- Craft House Abstract #1 50th Anniversary Kit (1999)
- Princeton Architectural Press Reproduction Kit (2005)
PBN-Related Products
Links
- Savell Graphics - Website for Karen Savell, PBN painter/restorer who has done some work for us. Check out her gallery in the Docent section on the left.
- 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
