American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless
2009Herskovic, Marika
252 pages (color)
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1925 Los Angeles, California - 1998 Venice, Italy. Known for: Abstract-figurative expressionist painting.
Richards Ruben, an abstract painter and teacher, died on July 21 in Venice, where he was teaching in the summer art program of the Pratt Institute. He was 72 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was a... Read full biography
Richards Ruben, an abstract painter and teacher, died on July 21 in Venice, where he was teaching in the summer art program of the Pratt Institute. He was 72 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Gail Divan, said. Mr. Ruben's heavily worked surfaces tended to be dominated... Read full biography
Richards Ruben, an abstract painter and teacher, died on July 21 in Venice, where he was teaching in the summer art program of the Pratt Institute. He was 72 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Gail Divan, said. Mr. Ruben's heavily worked surfaces tended to be dominated by one color and one shape, a burly, wedgelike form that seemed to emerge from a field of brushwork. Neither geometric nor gestural, his style aligned him with the second generation of Abstract... Read full biography
Richards Ruben, an abstract painter and teacher, died on July 21 in Venice, where he was teaching in the summer art program of the Pratt Institute. He was 72 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Gail Divan, said. Mr. Ruben's heavily worked surfaces tended to be dominated by one color and one shape, a burly, wedgelike form that seemed to emerge from a field of brushwork. Neither geometric nor gestural, his style aligned him with the second generation of Abstract Expressionism. He was born in Los Angeles in 1925 and after serving in the United States Army from 1942 to 1944, returned there to study art at the Chouinard Art Institute. In the 1950's and early 60's, he was part of the growing Los Angeles art world,... Read full biography
Richards Ruben, an abstract painter and teacher, died on July 21 in Venice, where he was teaching in the summer art program of the Pratt Institute. He was 72 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Gail Divan, said. Mr. Ruben's heavily worked surfaces tended to be dominated by one color and one shape, a burly, wedgelike form that seemed to emerge from a field of brushwork. Neither geometric nor gestural, his style aligned him with the second generation of Abstract Expressionism. He was born in Los Angeles in 1925 and after serving in the United States Army from 1942 to 1944, returned there to study art at the Chouinard Art Institute. In the 1950's and early 60's, he was part of the growing Los Angeles art world, exhibiting his work at two of its most prominent galleries, Paul Kantor and Ferus. He moved to N... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesAmerican Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey
2003Herskovic, Marika (editor)372 pages (color)California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last231 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesBiennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings335 pagesAmerican Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County
1991Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick510 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesDictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985DuPont, Diana, K Holland402 pages (color)Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed: A History of the Chouinard Art Institute
1985Perine, Robert260 pages (color)The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984Orr-Cahill, Christina199 pages (color)Painting Up Front
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Leavitt, Thomas W96 pages (color)Catalogue of American Painting
1981San Diego Museum of Art240 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesPainting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976San Francisco Mus Modern Art272 pages (color)American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures
1974Buffalo Fine Arts Academy80 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1973
1973Jaques Cattell Press927 pagesCalifornia Watercolor Society Index to Exhibitions 1921-1954
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall96 pagesThe Poindexter Collection of Contemporary American Art (Montana Historical Society)
1961E.G. Poindexter; Frank O'Hara30 pagesCalifornia Painting 40 Painters
1956Long Beach Muni Art Center90 pagesPanama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit
1915Walter, John; Pedro Lemos112 pages