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Ephraim Rubenstein’s Still-Life Painting on the Cover of “The Book of the Classic Traveler”

Ephraim’s painting Books: Pile XXXIV has been reproduced on the cover of the Korean anthology The Book of the Classic Traveler (고전 여행자의 책), which compares 116 Eastern and Western classics with each text introduced by the author. The book was published […]

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Two Figure Studies in Red Chalk Published

Ephraim is delighted to announce that two of his red chalk drawings have been included in the recent book Figure Drawing Atelier: Art Instruction Sketchbook by Juliette Aristedes.  

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Ephraim Rubenstein’s Still-Life Painting on the Cover of “The Library Book”

Ephraim Rubenstein’s painting Book Pile XXIV has been published on the cover of the Korean language edition of Susan Orleans’ The Library Book, an account of a 1986 fire at the Los Angels County Library that destroyed over 400,000 books. […]

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Ephraim’s work featured in Art Students League of New York on Painting

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 […]

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“Maddie Asleep” in The Drawing Magazine.

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 […]

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Article | “Life is a House” in The Artist’s Magazine

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 […]

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Publication | Discarded Books on a forthcoming book cover

“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 […]

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“Books Pile XXVII” featured on the cover of American Arts Quarterly.

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 […]

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Translation, Subjectivity, and Culture

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 […]

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