DAVID RUBINSTEIN (1902–1993) Portrait of a man in a hat (Autoportrait ?)

signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘D. Rubinstein 1960’ (lower right); inscribed in Cyrillic (on the reverse) oil on board 60.4 × 46.3 cm Painted in 1960 David Rubinshtein was a Soviet painter and graphic artist born in Odessa. He studied at the Odessa Art School and graduated from the Odessa Institute of Fine Arts in 1929, where he trained under Teofil Fraerman and Vladimir Zauze. He later taught in Bukhara before settling in Moscow, where he worked for newspapers and illustrated publications. A member of the Union of Artists of the USSR from 1932, he participated in exhibitions from 1930 onwards and became particularly known for his portraits, alongside landscapes and genre scenes. He served during the Second World War and continued his artistic career in Moscow, where a solo exhibition of his work was held in 1988.