Ka kammala wannan magana: A farkon aikinsa, Robinson ya kafa sunansa a matsayin mai zane-zane na sana'a bayan ya nuna zane-zane na teku na San Francisco Bay. A cikin shekarun 1860s da 1870s, ya yi tafiye-tafiye na zane-zane ta Amurka ta Tsakiya da Mexico. A shekara ta 1876, yana da zane-zane na zane-zane na yau da kullum, ayyukan da aka yi ta hanyar Hudson River School da kuma En plein air. Hotunansa da rubuce-rubucensa sun kasance cikin "Overland Monthly" da "The Century Magazine". Robinson ya sami lambar yabo ta zane-zane daga Kamfanin Noma na Jihar California a 1878; kuma ya sami lambar zinare don mafi kyawun tarin zane-zane a baje kolin 1902. Ya rasa shekaru 30 na zane-zane da zane-zane a cikin
1906 San Francisco girgizar kasa da wuta.