Biografie von David Kresz RUBINS (1902-1985)

Birth place: Minneapolis, MN

Death place: NYC?

Addresses: Indianapolis, IN

Profession: Sculptor, lithographer, teacher

Studied: Dartmouth Col.; BAID; Académie Julian, Paris, 1925; Ecole Beaux Arts; asst to James E. Fraser in Paris; Am. Acad. Rome, 1928.

Exhibited: Arch. League New York, 1932 (prize)-33; NAD, 1933; Ind. Artists Ann., Indianapolis, 1936-70; PAFA Ann., 1941, 1954; Am. Sculpture Today, MMA, 1951. Awards: fel., Am. Acad. Rome, 1928; NIAL grant for sculpture, 1954.

Member: Am. A. Cong.

Work: Minneapolis Inst. A.; Indianapolis Mus. Art; John Herron AI; Ind. Univ.; Archives Bldg., Wash., DC; WPA sculpture, USPO, Court House, Indianapolis. Commissions: figure on steps, Arch. Bldg, Wash., DC, 1933 (WPA); work in Riley Hosp., Indianapolis, 1936-72; Lilly Monument, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, 1961; Lincoln Monument, State Office Bldg. Plaza, Indianapolis, 1964.

Comments: Teaching: from instr. to prof. sculpture & anatomy, Herron Sch. Art, Indianapolis, 1935-70s. Author: "The Human Figure ó An Anatomy for Artists," (Viking Press, 1953).

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.