Reuven Rubin

1893 - 1974
Born in Romania in 1893 Rubin is known as a leading prominent Israeli artist to this day. At age 19 he came to the then Palestine and began his studies at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem. Less than a year later he left for Paris and enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, but had to leave France when the First World War broke out. He whiled the years of the war in his native Romania and then traveled to New York in 1921 where he had an exhibition sponsored by Alfred Stieglitz. Following his return to Europe, in 1923 he returned to Palestine to become one of the founding fathers of Israeli art. Rubin’s early paintings from the 1920s’ seem to portray the “Zionist dream”, indeed, an idealized perception of the Jewish return to the historical homeland. He eagerly depicted the natural sights and the diversified human landscape of the land – traditional devout Jews, secular pioneers and Arabs – his bright vivid colors reflecting the Mediterranean sunlight and bypassing the tensions following the Arab riots at the end of that decade, the awareness to which came only later. Rubin’s style was naïve, inspired by European modernism (most particularly the French Henri Rousseau comes to mind but also Derain and Matisse) and reflecting a child-like enthusiasm vis-à-vis the new life forming around. The local flora and fauna, so often incorporated into his compositions of landscapes and portraits alike, are not merely decorative but rather they symbolize renewal, growth, harmony and above all that newcomer’s quest to instantly feel rooted in the new environment. Rubin’s depictions of Tel Aviv growing on the sand dunes, his panoramic landscapes of Jerusalem, his numerous depictions of the road to Safed, Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee, became his trademark. His depictions of the Judean hills and the silvery-green Galilean olive groves became gradually more ethereal, immersed in a mystical atmosphere. In 1973 he was awarded the Israel Prize for his lifetime achievement in art. His paintings hang in the Knesset Building, in the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem, at the Prime Minister’s Residence and offices, in leading Israeli museums and in public and private collections in Israel and abroad. In 1983 The Rubin Museum opened to the public in Rubin’s former family home in Tel Aviv, showcasing his art in particular and Israeli art in general.

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Reuven Rubin
The Fisherman’s Family, Oil on canvas, 73X61…

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74000

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Reuven Rubin
The Horse Trainer, Watercolor on paper, 75X55…

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5500

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Reuven Rubin
Sheikh Munis, 1923-1924, oil on canvas, 81X56…

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$100,000 - $150,000

Lot : 72

Reuven Rubin
Still Life, Oil on canvas, 31X39 cm.…

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22000

Lot : 81

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Figures in the Galilee, Oil on canvas,…

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40000

Lot : 82

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View on the Way to Safed, Oil…

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41000

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Reuven Rubin
Figure on a Donkey in Galilee, Oil…

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46000

Lot : 598

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The God Seekers, Album with 11 woodcuts,…

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1800

Lot : 70

Reuven Rubin
The Fisherman, 1970, Glass, 40X25 cm. Signed,…

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2200

Lot : 71

Reuven Rubin
Galilean Landscape, 1930s, Oil on canvas, 81X65…

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55000

Lot : 87

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Still Life, Oil on canvas, 59X81 cm.…

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50000

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A Mother and Her Son, Watercolor on…

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4000

Lot : 96

Reuven Rubin
Musicians, Oil on canvas, 55X46 cm. Signed.…

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42000

Lot : 108

Reuven Rubin
Portrait of Nechama Gur, 1926, Oil on…

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180000

Lot : 806

Reuven Rubin
The Prophets, Homage to Israel’s 25th Anniversary,…

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2800

Lot : 39

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Fisherman, 1970, Oil on canvas, 61X50 cm.…

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44000

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Musicians of Safed, Oil on canvas, 70X50…

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48000

Lot : 68

Reuven Rubin
Flutist and Camels, Ink and watercolor on…

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4400

Lot : 69

Reuven Rubin
Still life with Red Shoes, 1920s', Oil…

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100000

Lot : 82

Reuven Rubin
Olive Trees in the Galilee, Oil on…

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42000

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Reuven Rubin
Sunset in the Olive Grove, 1972, Oil…

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50000

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Reuven Rubin
Washing Hands, 1930s, Oil on canvas, 92X73…

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90000

Lot : 58

Reuven Rubin
Pomegranate and Anemone, Oil on canvas, 33X41…

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32000

Lot : 71

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Still Life, Oil on canvas, 37X46 cm.…

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26000

Lot : 9

Reuven Rubin
Lot of 2 drawings: 1. Sketch for…

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4800

Lot : 11

Reuven Rubin
The Shearing, Watercolor on paper, 65X50 cm.…

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4000

Lot : 51

Reuven Rubin
Sunflowers, Oil on canvas, 76.5X102 cm. Signed.…

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78000

Lot : 62

Reuven Rubin
Resting, Watercolor on paper, 34X49 cm. Signed.

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3600

Lot : 63

Reuven Rubin
Olive Trees through a Window, Oil on…

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34000

Lot : 323

Reuven Rubin
Girl with a pitcher, Ink on paper,…

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420

Lot : 492

Reuven Rubin
A boy and a Capricorn, 1937 Pencil…

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$2,000 - $3,000

Lot : 663

Reuven Rubin
Series seekers of God, Woodcut, 31X36 cm,…

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320

Lot : 36

Reuven Rubin
Fishermen in Tiberias, 1937, Ink, pencil and…

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4500

Lot : 37

Reuven Rubin
Rider in the Negev, 1960, Watercolor and…

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5000

Lot : 53

Reuven Rubin
The Pink House on the Way to…

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9500

Lot : 69

Reuven Rubin
Flower East River, 1946, Oil on canvas,…

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$100,000 - $150,000

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