Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1908-

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Lewis Rubenstein is a painter, printmaker, and teacher at Vassar College. His wife Erica is an art historian, whose Ph.D. thesis at Harvard, Taxpayers Murals, related to New Deal murals.

From the description of Lewis W. and Erica Beckh Rubenstein interview, 1993 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220206061

Rubentstein, Lewis W., 1905, Painter, printmaker, and teacher of Poughkeepsie, NY.

Lewis Rubenstein is a painter, printmaker, and teacher at Vassar College. His wife Erica is an art historian, whose Ph.D. thesis at Harvard, Taxpayers Murals, related to New Deal murals.

From the description of Oral history interview of Lewis W. and Erica Beckh Rubenstein, 1993 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400247

Lewis W. Rubentstein (1905- ) is a painter, printmaker, and teacher of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Lewis Rubenstein is a painter, printmaker, and teacher at Vassar College. His wife Erica is an art historian, whose Ph. D. thesis at Harvard, Taxpayers Murals, related to New Deal murals.

From the description of Oral history interview of Lewis W. and Erica Beckh Rubenstein, 1993 Feb. 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744433085

Painter, printmaker, educator. Professor of painting at Vassar College.

Rubenstein trained in frescoe painting with Rico Lebrun in Italy, and retained a lifelong friendship with him. His mural commissions include the Busch-Reisinger Museum and the Fogg Museum at Harvard, the Jewish Center in his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y., and the Wareham, Mass. Post Office for the WPA's Section of Fine Arts in 1940. Rubenstein attended Harvard University. He began his long teaching career at Vassar College in 1939. He began doing "Time Paintings" in late 1940s, executed on long canvases and viewed on special scrolled frames, merging Western and Far Eastern scroll painting styles.

From the description of Lewis W. Rubenstein papers, 1923-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355175

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referencedIn Pope, Arthur, 1880-1974. Papers of Arthur Pope, 1931-1970 (inclusive). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Lewis W. Rubenstein papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Rubenstein, Lewis : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Rubenstein, Lewis W. (Lewis William), 1908-. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn American Foreign Service Association Records, 1940-1964 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005. Harvard University Art Museum
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Lewis W. and Erica Beckh Rubenstein Archives of American Art
creatorOf Summary of oral history interview with Henry Morgenthau Archives of American Art
creatorOf Summary of oral history interview with Lewis Mumford Archives of American Art
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correspondedWith American Foreign Service Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Busch-Reisinger Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Catlin, Stanton L. (Stanton Loomis) person
associatedWith Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946 person
associatedWith Fogg Art Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. person
associatedWith Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964. person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967. person
associatedWith Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. person
associatedWith Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949. person
associatedWith Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 person
associatedWith Polcari, Stephen person
associatedWith Pope, Arthur, 1880-1974. person
associatedWith Rubenstein, Erica Beckh. person
associatedWith Vassar College corporateBody
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New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
United States
New York (State)--Poughkeepsie
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Art and state
Art historians
Educator
Muralists
Mural painting and decoration
Mural painting and decoration, American
Painters
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Death 2008

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