Medium: Oil on board
Artist: (Attr. to) Norman Rubington (American, 1921–1991)
Dimensions: 25.75" H x 13.75" W
Signature: Unsigned
Condition: Good; wear consistent with age. Unframed.
Abstract Expressionist figurative study by Norman Rubington, rendered in oil on board. The composition features an abstract figurative subject set against a greenish-black background. Unsigned. In good condition with wear consistent with age.
Norman Rubington (1921–1991) was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, and author from the mid-twentieth century. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he studied at the Yale University School of Fine Arts from 1939 to 1943 before serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, where he trained in map-making and photo interpretation for military intelligence. Following his service, he moved to Paris in 1946 under the GI Bill to study at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
Rubington was among the most talented young American artists in postwar Paris. He was selected for the Salon d'Automne in 1948 and had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Huit in 1950, which a French critic hailed as an "astonishing success." He exhibited alongside Bernard Buffet, André Minaux, and Roger Montane, as well as American painters Sidney Geist and Jules Olitski.
Rubington was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix de Rome (1951–1954), the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship (1954–1955), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1958). He was a resident at the MacDowell Colony in 1970.
In addition to his painting career, Rubington was a Beat Generation writer under the nom de plume "Akbar del Piombo," producing satirical works on socially and politically relevant subjects. His unique style of animation became a forerunner of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Norman Rubington are held in the permanent collections of several major institutions, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Grace Cathedral (San Francisco), the Obelisk Gallery (London), and the University of Mary Washington Galleries (Fredericksburg, Virginia). His papers and collages are housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
Medium: Oil on board
Artist: (Attr. to) Norman Rubington (American, 1921–1991)
Dimensions: 25.75" H x 13.75" W
Signature: Unsigned
Condition: Good; wear consistent with age. Unframed.
Abstract Expressionist figurative study by Norman Rubington, rendered in oil on board. The composition features an abstract figurative subject set against a greenish-black background. Unsigned. In good condition with wear consistent with age.
Norman Rubington (1921–1991) was an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, and author from the mid-twentieth century. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he studied at the Yale University School of Fine Arts from 1939 to 1943 before serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, where he trained in map-making and photo interpretation for military intelligence. Following his service, he moved to Paris in 1946 under the GI Bill to study at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
Rubington was among the most talented young American artists in postwar Paris. He was selected for the Salon d'Automne in 1948 and had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Huit in 1950, which a French critic hailed as an "astonishing success." He exhibited alongside Bernard Buffet, André Minaux, and Roger Montane, as well as American painters Sidney Geist and Jules Olitski.
Rubington was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix de Rome (1951–1954), the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship (1954–1955), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1958). He was a resident at the MacDowell Colony in 1970.
In addition to his painting career, Rubington was a Beat Generation writer under the nom de plume "Akbar del Piombo," producing satirical works on socially and politically relevant subjects. His unique style of animation became a forerunner of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Norman Rubington are held in the permanent collections of several major institutions, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Grace Cathedral (San Francisco), the Obelisk Gallery (London), and the University of Mary Washington Galleries (Fredericksburg, Virginia). His papers and collages are housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
