Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Paakanga achiri muduku, Robinson akazivikanwa somunhu aiita basa rokupenda pashure pokuratidza mifananidzo yemvura yeSan Francisco Bay. Muma1860 nema1870, akaita nzendo dzokupenda muCentral America neMexico. Pakazosvika 1876, aigara achiratidzira mifananidzo yake, mabasa ake achiratidza mafungiro aHudson River School uye En plein air. Mifananidzo yake nezvakanyorwa zvaibatanidzwa mu"Overland Monthly" uye "The Century Magazine". Robinson akagamuchira mibairo yeunyanzvi kubva kuCalifornia State Agricultural Society muna 1878; uye akagamuchira menduru yegoridhe yeunganidzwa wakanakisa wemifananidzo mukuratidzira kwa1902. Akarasikirwa nemakore 30 anokosha emifananidzo yake nemifananidzo mu
Kudengenyeka kwenyika uye moto muSan Francisco muna 1906.