Bidspirit auction | Albert Rubin 1887 - 1956

Albert Rubin 1887 - 1956 - Boat in Landscape. Oil on cardboard, 45X60 cm, Signed. About The Artist: ”Few people, if any, have ever heard of Albert (Abraham) Rubin, even though his paintings grace the collections of such major Israeli museums as the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. It would be easy to classify him as the ”lesser known Rubin”, since both he and the now famed painter Reuben Rubin belong to the ”Genesis” period of ”Boris Schatz's Bezalel”. However, for accuracy's sake (albeit at the risk of engaging in a bit of pettiness), it should be noted that Albert Rubin was there before him, having been a member of the first class of Bezalel (1906-1909). Reuben Rubin only arrived in 1912, and studied just a year in Jerusalem.” Dr. Doron J. Lurie, ”Albert Rubin, Professor Boris Schatz, and the Inagural Class of Bezalel”, Albert Rubin, Beginnings, Ein Harod Museum of Art, Curators: Galia Bar Or and Doron J. Lurie, Summer 2010, p. 74. Biographical Notes: July 10, 1887 Born in Sofia, Bulgaria 1900 Graduates elementary school. Due to economic straits of his family, goes to work as a construction carpenter. 1903 Begins painting and sculpture studies at the Sofia Academy .of Fine Arts 1905 Founding of competition for selecting the most talented art student among the Jewish communities of the Balkans. 1906 Albert Rubin wins first prize in the competition. Upon the recommendation of Boris Schatz, he travels from Bulgaria to Jerusalem where he enters the inaugural class at Bezalel, and studies painting and sculpture for three years. His father is employed as caretaker at the school. 1909 Leaves for Paris, where he attends the Professor Fernand Cormon art school for seven years. 1914 Admitted for the first time to the annual “Salon” of French artists. World War I breaks out that same year. After the war, Rabin will continue to participate in the Paris “Art Salons” exhibitions. 1915 As part of his military service, Rubin gives drawing lessons to soldiers of the Franco-Belgian army. 1927 Granted French citizenship. Begins working as graphic artist and illustrator in the advertising field. 1931 Loses sight of his left eye in an accident 1933 Marriage 1934-9 Living and working in Switzerland 1940-5 During the war, hides with his family in France. Arrested twice, he escapes both times from his jailers. May 31, 1956 Albert Rubin killed in a traffic accident in Paris.