Reuven Rubin was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first diplomatic representative to Romania.
Reuven Rubin in his studio, 1946
Panel of works at Reuven Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv
Reuven Rubin and his wife Esther, 1948
The Beginnings of Tel-Aviv, oil painting, 1912
The Habima Theatre is the national theatre of Israel and one of the first Hebrew language theatres. It is located in Habima Square in the center of Tel Aviv.
Reuven Rubin
…That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters. His autobiography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after…
Historic building, c. 1950
Hanna Rovina as Leah in S. Ansky's The Dybbuk (performed by Habima in the Hebrew-language translation by Hayyim Nahman Bialik).
Habima stages Twelfth Night, Neues Schauspielhaus, 15 September 1930. First professional performance of Shakespeare in Hebrew.