William Rubin (1927–2006)
Author of Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective
About the Author
Works by William Rubin
"Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, in Two Volumes (1984) — Editor, Author, Director of Exhibition — 221 copies, 1 review
Cézanne: The Late Work. Essays by Theodore Reff [And Others] (1977) — Editor — 156 copies, 2 reviews
"Primitivism" in 20th Century Art : Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern. Volume 2 (1985) 15 copies
A Curator's Quest: Building the Museum of Modern Art's Painting and Sculpture Collection, 1967-1988 (2011) 10 copies
The William Rubin Kota = Le Kota William Rubin — Collector and Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Rubin, William
- Legal name
- Rubin, William Stanley
- Birthdate
- 1927-08-11
- Date of death
- 2006-01-22
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Columbia University (BA - 1949, MA - 1952, Ph.D - 1959)
- Occupations
- museum director
art curator - Organizations
- Museum of Modern Art
- Awards and honors
- Légion d'Honneur (Chevalier, 1979)
Légion d'Honneur (Officier, 1991) - Relationships
- Hattis, Phyllis (wife)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Pound Ridge, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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This comprehensive study of both Dada and Surrealist Art includes 851 illustrations, 60 of which are tipped-in, full color plates. Featured artists include Duchamp, Picabia, Man Ray, Ernst, Schwitters, Miro, Masson, Tanguy, Magritte, Dali, Giacometti, and many more. Rubin has included an extensive chronology of events, publications, and other activities important to these art movements, as well as a comprehensive bibliography.
Wonderful exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum. I wish it would be mounted again.
Joan Miro, 20th century Cuban artist, Surrealism, abstract art at the MET
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- Works
- 29
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 1,994
- Popularity
- #12,907
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 9
- ISBNs
- 71
- Languages
- 3