Albert Rubin - Artist Info

About Albert Rubin

  • Biography

    Albert Rubin (July 10, 1887, Sofia, Bulgaria-d. 1956)

    He graduated in 1900 from elementary school and went to work as a construction carpenter due to economic straits of his family.

    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. ...

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