Arieh Lubin

Arieh Lubin (Hebrew: אריה לובין; 1897–1980) was an Israeli artist.

Arieh (Leo) Lubin אריה (לאו) לובין
Born	1897 US
Died	1980 (aged 82–83) Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Known for	Painting
Movement	Israeli art

Biography

Arieh (Leo) Lubin began to study art in Chicago in 1915, but left to join the Jewish Brigade in World War I. After the war, he studied in Europe and returned to Israel in 1922.

Artistic style

Lubin's work reflects contemporary trends of the 1920s. His main influences were Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse.^[1] He absorbed the Cubism of Derain and the Purism of Le Corbusier and Ozenfant by reading "L'Esprit Nouveau", a journal he ordered from Paris.^[2] Lubin was one of the first Israeli artists to settle in the artists quarter of Safed.

Lubin died in Tel Aviv in 1980. He is buried in Trumpeldor Cemetery.

Awards and recognition

• 1922 John Quincy Adams Prize for Study Abroad^[3]
• 1956 Ramat Gan Panorama Prize
• 1957 Olympic Committee Prize for Sports Subjects
• 1957 Dizengoff Prize
• 1978 Worthy of Tel Aviv

See also

• Visual arts in Israel