Sophie Danielle Rubinstain Paintings

Sophie Danielle Rubinstain was a French artist who led a fascinating life. Rubinstain served in the French Resistance during the latter part of World War II (from 1943–44), at just 21 years old. Arrested with her sister Rosa on denunciation and deported to Auschwitz, they were released in May 1944 in Bergen Belsen after the death march and were able to return to Paris on June 5, 1945. As an artist, Rubinstain was described as an "essentialist" in the National Directory of Fine Arts, though her work was most often exhibited in the Expressionism and Symbolism sections of the main French salons. From the 1950s onwards, she exhibited with the Salon of French Artists, Salon of Realities News, the Salon des Independants, the Exhibition of Free Art and more. Her work was the subject of many articles in The Artistic News, The Journal of the Amateur Art and The Artistic and Literary Awakening. She was also featured in The Daily Mail in 1952.