School House Antiques has dated this 1950s Abstract Oil Painting to the 1950s.
OIL ON BOARD , DISPLAYED IN CONTEMPORARY CHROME FRAME . SIGNED TO LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE .
42CM X 34.5 CM INCLUDING FRAME / 27.5CM X 19.5CM UNFRAMED .
(1927 - 1998)
RICHARDS RUBEN - ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST .
He constantly searched for new ideas in unexplored territories. He provoked the creative possibilities of sight by utilizing familiar forms and suggestive colors to question the boundaries and limitations with which we restrict ourselves when looking at objects of art or the horizon of our environment.
Ruben painted in a very sculptural way. He took his stretcher bars, carved them and shaped the canvas to reflect his interest in how the inner rhythms of the image corresponded with the outer edges of the canvas as well as the canvas’ interaction with the wall itself. In an interview for Ocular magazine in 1981, Ruben claimed that “the critical measurements of a canvas on the wall (horizontal, vertical, and diagonal) are as intrinsic to the structure of the place as they are indigenous to visual experience.” Even within his strictly rectangular canvases, bold diagonal lines threaten to escape off the edges of the painting, onto the gallery walls. Ruben reined them in using muted colors and a calm, stable hum that seems to vibrate through and between each work.
In addition to painting, Ruben taught at prominent art schools throughout his entire career. After serving in the US Army from 1942 to 1944, Ruben returned to Los Angeles, his hometown, and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. He would teach painting there and at the Pomona and Claremont Colleges in LA until he moved to New York in the 1960s, where he continued teaching at NYU, Columbia University, and Pratt. He died in 1998 teaching a summer class in Venice, Italy for a Pratt Institute art program.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
National Museum of American Art, Washington
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Reading Public Museum of Art, Reading, PA
Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington,
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Oakland Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara,
San Diego Museum of Fine Art, San Diego, CA
Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Newport Beach
Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Dia Art Foundation, NY
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Stanford University Museum of Art, Palo Alto,
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
Pomona College, Claremont, CA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Ball State University Art Museum, Muncie, IN
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont,
University of Michigan Museum of Art,
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT
Newport High School, Newport, CA
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
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School House Antiques has dated this 1950s Abstract Oil Painting to the 1950s.
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Richards Rubin (1927-1998 ) Abstract Oil Painting on Board , 1950s
