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For the graphical logic puzzle, see Nonograms. For the album, see Paint
by Number .
Paint by number (or painting by numbers) are kits, popularized in the
1950s, by Max Klein and the Palmer Paint Company, among others. Included in
the kits is a number board or canvas with corresponding paints to be filled
in. Dan Robbins who worked for Klein as an artist is often incorrectly
credited with inventing the genre, which predates his 1951 involvement.
Michelangelo has been credited by some with the original idea by assigning
colors to various areas of the Sistine Chapel for assistants to fill in
over some 500 years ago.
In 1992, Michael O'Donoghue and Trey Speegle organized and mounted a show
of O'Donoghue's paint by number collection In New York City at the
Bridgewater/ Lustberg Gallery. After O'Donoghue's passing in 1994 the
Smithsonian Institute, The National Museum of American History exhibited
many key
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