Reuven Rubin: Abraham and the Three Angels

Reuven Rubin (Israeli, 1893- 1974), *Abraham and the three angels*, lithography, Museu Judaico de São Paulo, Image Source: Google Arts and Culture

Speaking of his own art…, Rubin declared: ‘I am not at all interested in copying nature. I wish only to express the idea of a Supreme Being. I am a seeker of a God who will end the suffering of humanity. I see Him in colour, line, movement’ (quoted in A. Werner, Rubin, Tel-Aviv, 1958, n.p.).
Christie’s (quoted in A. Werner, , Rubin, Tel-Aviv, 1958, n.p.).

“Jerusalum Arise” was composed by Ludovico Balbi, The text comes from the Old Testament chapter Baruch 5:5 and 4:36.

Text (and translation):

Jerusalem surge, (Arise, Jersusalem)
et sta in excelso, et vide (and stand on high, and witness)
jucunditatem quae veniet tibi (the joyousness that comes to you)
a Deo tuo. (from you God)

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