| VICTOR RUBIN BORN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES 1950 VICTORIA |
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Victor Rubin trained under John Olsen at the Bakery Art School before completing formal studies at the National Art School and Alexander Mackie in Sydney in 1973. He taught art at Sydney high schools and has more recently lectured in drawing part-time at Nepean University Sydney, Canberra School of Art and VCA, Melbourne. Victor's work deals primarily with urban figurative motifs and landscape forms. He has lived for extended periods in London and Paris and more recently lived and painted in the Kimberleys for two years. His work is found in most Australian art gallery collections including the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian National Gallery. "In painting one can never depart from the figure no matter how abstract the form becomes. For as long as one is a living human, then any work done is coming out of the intelligence of the human mind, and hence the human figure. "The force of the figure in painting has been underestimated at times in the history of twentieth century painting and art. The figure is always going to be relevant in painting as long as people exist. The Renaissance painters believed the human figure or body to be a microcosm of the cosmos. Portraiture is important because it offers scrutiny of the human soul."
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 A self-portrait OIL ON LINEN 200 x 168 cm | |
| VICTOR RUBIN |
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