Harold Rubin
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Harold Rubin | |
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Background information | |
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 13 May 1932
Died | 1 April 2020 | (aged 87)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Clarinet |
Harold Rubin (13 May 1932 – 1 April 2020) was a South African-born Israeli artist and
Life and career
Rubin was born in
Rubin's creative endeavours in South African society during the 1950s and 1960s dissented against the
Rubin's most controversial project on the South African art scene of the 1960s was My Jesus, a provocative rendering of the
Acquitted in court of the alleged blasphemy in March 1963, Rubin protested the repressive political environment by leaving the country for Israel. He quickly re-established himself in Tel Aviv, and was employed as an architect in the office of Arieh Sharon, on projects in Israel and abroad. He taught at an academy of architecture and design between the 1960s and his retirement in 1986.
Rubin began creating visual art as a critique and commentary on the
Rubin returned to playing jazz in late 1979, having previously given up performance for more than a decade after his emigration from Africa. He became a founding member of the 1980s
Awarded the Landau Award in tribute to his contributions to jazz music in 2008, he continued to play jazz with musicians of the younger generations in Tel Aviv.[4][9]
Harold Rubin and his first wife, Riva Wainer, married in 1957, separated in the 1970s and divorced in 1975. Since 1976 he has been married to Miriam Kainy, a well-recognized Israeli dramatist particularly known for plays concerned with the subject of Jewish–Arab relations and feminist themes.[10] His family included two sons from his first marriage, as well as one daughter and two stepdaughters from his second.
Rubin was an avowed
He died on 1 April 2020, aged 87. [11]
References
- ^ a b "Rubin, Harold" (1970). In Esmé Berman (Ed.), Art and Artists of South Africa: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary and Historical Survey of Painters and Graphic Artists Since 1875, Third Edition. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema. p. 115.
- ISBN 978-0-86486-687-5.
- ^ a b Uys, Stanley (9 February 1968). "Student in Blasphemy Trial". The Age. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ a b (9 March 2008). "A Mainstream Embrace". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Albert, Don (31 July 2007). "Eclectic Jazz Mix That Ties All Bonds". Tonight. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Paintings Moved" (2 August 1962). Associated Press. Daytona Beach Morning Journal p. 5. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Shipler, David (2002). "Holocaust". In Arab And Jew: Wounded Spirits In A Promised Land. London: Penguin Books. WNYC New York Public Radio. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Emil Greenzweig: In Memoriam". Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Adam Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ a b c Shalev, Ben (28 February 2008). "It's Important to be a Neanderthal". Haaretz. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ Feiler, Yael (2005). "Miriam Kainy b. 1942". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "מת הרולד רובין, מחלוצי הג'ז החופשי בישראל". www.haaretz.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 1 April 2020.