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Reuven RubinSeated Feminine Figure
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Seated Feminine Figure by Reuven Rubin (1893-1974)
Pencil on paper
7 ½ x 7 ¾ inches unframed (19.05 x 19.685 cm)
14 x 14 inches framed (35.56 x 35.56 cm)
Signed and dedicated on top right
Description:
In this pencil drawing, Rubin indicates a feminine figure through soft pencil strokes. The anonymous woman is leisurely seated and looks out at the viewer with subtlety. The drawing, which was originally addressed to a friend, is a small invitation to the larger interests Rubin has in femininity, figure drawing, and Judeo-Christian allegories.
- Creator:Reuven Rubin (1893 - 1974, Israeli)
- Dimensions:Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 7.75 in (19.69 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU163729048722
Reuven Rubin
Reuven Rubin- (November 13, 1893 - October 13, 1974) was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovici (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galaţi to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years.
In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik, with whom he had shared a studio in Cernăuţi. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine.
Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judea competition. He died in 1974.
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