David K. Rubins

Personal life David Kresz Rubins was born in Minneapolis in 1902. As a young man, he was apprenticed to James Earle Fraser before moving on to study at Dartmouth College and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York. He then traveled to Europe to study in Paris, where he was awarded the Paris Prize in Sculpture. He was a fellow of the American Academy in Rome from 1928 to 1931. Rubins had two sons, James A. Rubins and Harry Rubins. and he was director of the sculpture program for 45 years. In 1943 he served on a jury judging an Indiana state competition wherein high school students designed posters to aid in the control of cancer During his time as an academic in 1953, he authored a textbook, The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists, which became a standard text for art students. ==Published works==

1953 – The Human Figure: An Anatomy for Artists. Rubins wrote it because it was much needed in the field. It was and is still used as a text book in many schools. Rubins used ''Gray's Anatomy'' to reference the scientific names of muscles/anatomy. ==Work==

Sculptures in Indianapolis Rubins worked primarily as a sculptor, and sculpture was the major thrust of his early apprenticeship under sculptor James Earle Fraser and his studies in Paris and Rome. Rubins apprenticed to Fraser for seven years and during his apprenticeship he created the drapery on Fraser's equestrian statue of Teddy Roosevelt at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He also collaborated with Fraser on sculptures outside the United States Supreme Court Building and the National Archives building, In 1962, he created the statue of Young Abe Lincoln which adorns the lawns at the Indiana State House. In 1964, he created the bust of former governor Henry F. Schricker which resides in an alcove inside the Indiana State House. During the 1960s he also created the sculpture Stumbling Man for a state-sponsored competition to honor the memory of Indiana coal miners. In 1979 it came to the Indianapolis Museum of Art and it was formally dedicated there in 1981. Other examples of Rubins' sculpture include the cherub that would adorn the downtown Indianapolis L. S. Ayres building during the Christmas season (now located in the Indiana State Museum over the driveway entrances of the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse. ==Awards==

In 1924, Rubins was awarded the Paris Prize in Sculpture. In 1928, he was awarded the Prix de Rome. In 1943, his war poster won honorable mention in national competition. He was also awarded the Grant and Sculpture Award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.{{cite news ==See also==