19 November 2017 to 27 May 2018 the Drents Museum (Netherlands) and Kunsthalle Emden (Germany) present the major international art exhibition The American Dream. The double exhibition- simultaneously on display in Assen and Emden- chronicles American realism from 1945 until […]
The Quickening Image, a retrospective of Ephraim and David Dodge Lewis’ 20-year collaboration developing unique wax-resist techniques, is coming to Maurine Littleton Gallery in Washington, D.C. Maurine Littleton Gallery 1667 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC March 24 – May 5, […]
Ephraim contributed a chapter to James L. McElhinney’s new book Art Students League of New York on Painting: Lessons and Meditations on Mediums, Styles, and Methods. The chapter discusses painting from observation and includes extensive examples of Ephraim’s work. The […]
Ephraim and David Dodge Lewis have been invited to show their drawings together at a number of venues, including museums, university art galleries and regional art centers. The exhibition, The Quickening Image: The Wax-Resist Drawings of David Dodge Lewis and […]
Ephraim will be one of three artists featured in Books, being as buildings; Buildings, being as books, a new exhibit at the Chroma Projects Art Laboratory in Charlottesville, VA: Chroma’s February-March show Books, being as buildings; Buildings, being as books […]
Ephraim will be conducting a number of painting and drawing workshops at the Art Students League of New York this winter. Please visit their site or call 212-247-4510 for details. Jan 24-25 | Drawing for Beginners Feb 28-March 1 | […]
Ephraim is delighted to announce that he and his friend and colleague David Dodge Lewis will be the subject of a two-person museum exhibition of their large-scale wax resist drawings. “The Quickening Image” opens at the Washington County Museum of […]
Ephraim’s upcoming exhibition at New York’s George Billis Gallery has been reviewed by American Art Collector magazine. Click below to read it: “Life is a House” opens September 2, 2014 and runs through the 27th. The opening reception will be […]
“The Sentient Object”, an exhibition of still life paintings, will run from September 19 – October 19, 2014 at The Stone Tower Gallery in Glen Echo, Maryland. The exhibition will include a number of paintings from “The Great War and […]
Ephraim will showcase his latest paintings at the George Billis Gallery, 525 West 26th Street, Ground Floor, between 10th and 11th Avenues, from September 2–27, 2014. The opening reception will be held at the gallery on Thursday, September 4, from […]
Ephraim will be holding two Plein-Air Landscape Oil Painting Workshops in Central Park, New York City. These workshops will provide training in direct plein-air landscape painting utilizing various areas in beautiful Central Park as a location. The workshop will be […]
I am pleased to announce that I will be offering two Oil Painting Workshops at the Art Students League of New York this April, 2014. The two workshops are back-to-back; the weekend of April 5-6 (all-day), and during the week […]
Ephraim’s 1990 silverpoint drawing, “Maddie Asleep”, is reproduced in Jerry Weiss’s article, “Precious Metal”, in the Winter 2014 issue of The Drawing Magazine. The article reviews the recent Silverpoint exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York City, curated […]
A full-length feature article about Ephraim’s work appears in the current issue (January/February 2014) of The Artist’s Magazine. “Life is a House” explores Ephraim’s use of houses as metaphors in his work. As the Editor writes, “Contemporary realist Ephraim Rubenstein […]
Ephraim will be exhibiting his silverpoint drawing Maddie Sleeping in The Silverpoint Exhibition at The National Arts Club this December. The Silverpoint Exhibition Drawing with silver, gold, copper and mixed media | an old technique – new concepts The National […]
Hagerstown, MD: Ephraim will be exhibiting his “Woodley Suite” at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland. The suite is comprised of paintings of Ephraim’s historic Maryland plantation house, whose beautiful spaces and light have been a […]
New York City: Several of Ephraim’s gouache cityscapes will be exhibited in “Seeing the City: Artist’s Views of New York City” at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea. The show will run from July 23- August 17, 2013. For more details, […]
Ephraim will be holding two Plein-Air Landscape Oil Painting Workshops in Central Park, New York City. Each workshop runs for a week from 9:00AM- 12:30PM. The first session is from July 8-12, 2013, and the second is from August 12-16, […]
“Still Life with Discarded Books III” will be reproduced on the cover of Gavin Jones’ forthcoming book, Failure and the American Writer: A Literary History. The book is due to be released in 2014 by Cambridge University Press. Gavin Jones […]
Woodley, “Interior Sunlight II” will be included in the Faculty Exhibition at The Art Students League of New York. The show will run from September 4th – 26th. Instructors Show September 4 – 26, 2012 Public Reception: Thursday, September 6, […]
Four of Ephraim’s paintings will be included in the exhibition “Streets” at the Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia. The show opens on Friday, September 21, with a reception from 6:30 – 9:00 PM. Streets: A group show Friday, 21 September, 2012 […]
“Art Among the Ruins,” A ten-page feature by Judith Farley in the July/August double summer issue of The Artist’s Magazine will examine the large-scale wax-resist drawings from Ephraim’s “Temples and Cathedrals” series. It includes a step-by-step demonstration of one of […]
In this workshop Ephraim will provide training in direct plein-air landscape painting working on-location in various areas of Central Park. The workshop will be open to both beginning students who have never worked outside before, and also to more advanced […]
[ download invitation PDF ] Several of Ephraim’s paintings from the “Water Towers” series will be featured in the “City Streets” group show this summer at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea. Reception is Thursday, June 21st from 6 to 8 […]
One of Ephraim’s landmark paintings from the 1990’s , “Still Life with Burned Books”, will appear on the cover of two different books this year. The first, is German scholar Mona Korte’s study of scenes of book burning in Western […]
Several of Ephraim’s cityscapes from his “Silvercup” series will be featured in “The Buildings of New York” at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea this summer. June 14- July 16, 2011 Reception, Thursday June 16 George Billis Gallery (new location): 521 […]
In this workshop Ephraim will provide training in direct plein-air landscape painting working on-location in various areas of Central Park. The workshop will be open to both beginning students who have never worked outside before, and also to more advanced […]
Some of Ephraim’s book paintings are currently on exhibition through January at Seattle’s Davidson Galleries. Please visit their website for further details.
For the fourth year, the Art Students League is sponsoring a two-week workshop in Florence, Italy. This year’s trip runs April 30 – May 14 and is led by League instructor Ephraim Rubenstein. Students on the trip share comfortable, fully-furnished […]
Ephraim’s current exhibition of mixed-media drawings at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea received an excellent review from Kate Deimling at ArtInfo: The use of ink in most of the drawings displays forceful energy, with ink splashes that resemble bursts or […]
Maureen Mularkey of City Arts has posted a lovely write-up of the “New York Moments” group show at George Billis Gallery, including an elegant appraisal of Ephriam’s contributions: Ephraim Rubenstein looks at the city, across the East River, from Long […]
Ephraim will be exhibiting his temple and cathedral wax-resist drawings at George Billis Gallery’s new location in Chelsea, from August 31st through October 2nd. There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, September 2nd, from 6 to 8 […]
Ephraim will be having a retrospective exhibition and sale of nearly 20 works spanning a 15 year period at the Steward School in Richmond, VA. Ephraim Rubenstein: Selected Works will feature landscape and still life paintings and drawings in oil, […]
This summer, Ephraim will be exhibiting four cityscapes from his new series, “Silvercup” in the show New York Moments at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea. The exhibition will run from July 6 – August 14. There will be an opening […]
Ephraim will be exhibiting “Books:Pile XXXIV” in the Contemporary National Realism Show at M. A. Doran Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma this Summer. M. A Doran is one of the best galleries in the region, and Mary Ann has placed Ephraim’s […]
The following is a list of specialized studio art workshops that Ephraim will be offering this year through The Art Students League of New York. Class sizes will be limited. Studio 6 Workshop in Color Spot Oil PaintingWeek 1: Monday–Friday, […]
Ephraim’s work will be included in a new exhibition exploring the human form in contemporary painting this month at the Studio 7 Gallery in Bernardsville, NJ. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, February 5th, from 6-9 p.m. […]
The following is a list of specialized studio art workshops that Ephraim will be offering this year through The Art Students League of New York. Class sizes will be limited. Drawing for BeginnersSeptember 24-25, 2009Thursday & Friday, 8:45AM -12:30PM (Instructor […]
Ephraim’s recent exhibit at the George Billis Gallery is reviewed in the Spring 2009 edition of American Arts Quarterly, and the painting “Books Pile XXVII” is featured on the issue’s cover. The review, excerpted below, can be read in its […]
Ephraim will have two silverpoint drawings in a museum exhibition of contemporary metalpoint drawings at the Evansville Museum in Evansville, Indiana. Favored by Renaissance artists such as Fillipo Lippi, Perugino and Leonardo, metalpoint drawings continue to captivate many contemporary drawers […]
Ephraim will participate in Hidell Brooks Gallery’s annual summer Introductions exhibition, a show highlighting artists new to the gallery. Ephraim will exhibit five of his ‘Books’ still life paintings.< “Introductions: Annual Group Summer Exhibition”Hidell Brooks GalleryCharlotte , North CarolinaJuly 10- […]
Ephraim has written a feature article on Philadelphia painter Scott Noel. The article explores Scott’s tremendous accomplishments in figure painting, still life, interiors and cityscape. For those of you living near Philadelphia and looking for a painting or drawing class, […]
Please join us for a reception to open Ephraim’s latest show on Thursday, February 5th, from 6 – 8 p.m. at the George Billis Gallery in New York. The exhibition, which features a series of still-life paintings incorporating used and […]
Ephraim’s painting “Still Life with Books, Mirrors and Lenses II (Day)” has been used on the cover of a new book by scholar Julie Candler Hayes. Translation, Subjectivity, and Culture in France and England, 1600-1800 examines the evolution of neoclassical […]
Ephraim has written an article on contemporary self-portraiture to be published in American Artist magazine:“The Self in Contemporary Self-Portraits”August 30, 2008American Artist Magazine (October, 2008 issue) Includes work by Ephraim Rubenstein, Mary Beth McKenzie, Sigmund Abeles, Costa Vavagiakis, Burton Silverman, […]
Upcoming, Spring 2008: “The Fine Line- A Close Look at Five Contemporary Silverpoint Drawers”American Artist Drawing Magazine, Spring 2008 issue.Includes work by Ephraim Rubenstein, Costa Vavagiakis, Mark Gonzales, Michael Burke, and August Mosca.
June 23- 27th, 2008 Color Spot Oil Painting Workshop The Art Students League of New York 215 West 57th StreetNew York, NY. www.theartstudentsleague.org
May 29- September 7, 2008 183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary ArtNational Academy of Design1083 Fifth AvenueNew York, NY. www.nationalacademy.org