William Rubin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Rubin

Art curator

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1927

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2006

Profession: historian, curator, art historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

William Stanley Rubin (August 11, 1927 – January 22, 2006) was an American art scholar.
a distinguished curator, critic, collector, art historian and teacher of modern art. From 1968 to 1988, Rubin was a curator at The Museum of Modern Art located in New York City and, from 1973 to 1988, he served as director of the Painting and Sculpture Department.
He played a key role in building the museum's collection of -- particularly acquiring work from the period of abstract expressionism -- and organized many groundbreaking exhibitions (see below).
His younger brother Lawrence Rubin (1933-2018) was an art dealer in NYC and in Europe.