Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ná mmalite ọrụ ya, Robinson mere ka a mara ya dị ka onye na-ese ihe nke ọma mgbe o gosichara ihe osise ndị e sere n'oké osimiri na San Francisco Bay. N'afọ ndị 1860 na 1870, o mere njem eserese site na Central America na Mexico. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1876, ọ na-enwe ihe ngosi eserese oge niile, ọrụ ndị a na-emetụta site n'ụdị nke Hudson River School na En plein air. E tinyere ihe osise ya na ihe odide ya na "Overland Monthly" na "The Century Magazine". Robinson natara onyinye nka site na California State Agricultural Society na 1878; o nwetakwara ihe nrite ọla edo maka nchịkọta eserese kachasị mma na ngosi nke 1902. Ọ tụfuru afọ iri atọ nke ihe osise ya na eserese ya na
Ala ọma jijiji na ọkụ gbara na San Fransisko n'afọ 1906.