Gerda Rubinstein

Gerda Ursula Rubinstein (born 16 July 1931)[1] is a Dutch sculptor of mainly figures, birds and animals based in England since 1959[2]/1960.[3]

Gerda Rubinstein, London,1993

Born in Berlin, Rubinstein moved at the age of three or four to Amsterdam, where after the war she studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. In 1960 she left for England, where she had also lived in the war years, and as of 2013 she has lived in Reigate, Surrey.[4] She has historic links with Harlow town through her early commissions from Sir Frederick Gibberd and the Harlow Arts Trust.[5]

Solo Exhibitions

1958, 1959 Martinus Lienur, The Hague; Rotterdamse Kunstkring, Rotterdam.

1964 Holland Park Gallery, London.

1967 Gallery 66, Blackheath.

1975 Woodlands Art Gallery, Greenwich.

1985 Playhouse Gallery, Harlow (with Robert Koenig).

1986 Galerie Petit, Amsterdam and N.M.B. Bank, Amsterdam.

1987, 1991, 1993 Ashdown Gallery, Uckfield, Sussex.

1990 Blackheath Concert Hall, London.

1992 Gainsborough House, Sudbury, Suffolk.

1993 Royal Netherlands Embassy, London.

1998, 2002 Galerie Petit, Amsterdam.

2006 Gibberd Gallery, Harlow (Retrospective)

2008 Parndon Mill in Harlow “By Hand and Eye”

2017 Parndon Mill in Harlow “Insight and Observation”

Group Shows include

1972, 1987 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London 14 pieces in 10 exhibitions.

1977 London Group; Playhouse Gallery, Harlow; The Mill Studios, Lewisham, London.

1979 Loft Gallery, Stanstead Abbots.

1979, 1986 Work constantly on show at Ash Barn Gallery, Petersfield.

1981 Leinster Fine Arts, London. 1982 Sculpture in the Park, Cheltenham; Concert Hall, Lewisham; Hall Place, Bexley.

1983 Ten Artists from Space Studios, South London Gallery. 1

983, 1985 Whitechapel Open; Open Studios, Deptford; Sculpture Court, RIBA, London.

1983 1988 Leicester Education Authority; 14 works purchased for schools collections.

1985 Norfolk House Artists, Woodlands Art Gallery, Greenwich; Ladywell, London.

1986,1988, 1991 Hannah Peshor Gallery, Surrey

1988,1990, 1993 Galerie Petit, Amsterdam.

1989 Wycombe Abbey School, High Wycombe; Knapp Gallery, Regents Park, London.

1990 Singer Museum, Laren, Holland. 1992 South London Gallery Centenary Exhibition, London.

1992, 1993 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London. 1993, 1994 Sculpture in Riverdale Gardens and at Lewisham Town Hall, London.

1996 Festival of Music and the Arts, Mayfield, Sussex; Woodlands Art Gallery, Greenwich, London; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London; Collyer Bristow, London.

1997 Chancery Gallery, Royal Netherlands Embassy, London. 1998, 1999 Unicorn at Space 8, London; A&C Gallery, Greenwich. 2000 Greenwich artists at Rangers House, Blackheath; Galerie Petit, Amsterdam.

2001, 2002 Unicorn Gallery, London; Broomhill Sculpture Park, Devon. 2003 Orchard House Art, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire

2008 – 2016 Various venues with Surrey Sculpture Society including RHS Wisley

2016 Out There : Our Post-War Public Art, Somerset House, London, 3 February - 10 April 2016

References
  1. "Ontdek beeldhouwer Gerda Ursula Rubinstein". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. Buckman, David (2006). Artists in Britain since 1945 (New and enl. ed.). Bristol: Art Dictionaries. ISBN 9780953260959. OCLC 77011785.
  3. "From Hepworth to Frink: 12 female sculptors in Harlow | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. "Gerda Ursula Rubinstein".
  5. "The Gallery – Parndon Mill". parndonmill.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.


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