This is a biblical-themed lithograph by Reuven Rubin, a Romanian-born Israeli artistwho painted in the style of Marc Chagall and was Israel’s first ambassador to Romania.He was born to a Hasidic family, one of thirteen children. In 1912 he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Ayear later he studied art in Paris. At the outbreak of World War I, he returned toRomania, where he spent the duration of the war. In 1921, he traveled to New York Citywith his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik; they met Alfred Stieglitz, who wasinstrumental in organizing their first American show at a gallery in the city. Following theexhibition, they returned to Europe, and in 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine.Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920’s were both modern and naive; hispaintings reflected a spiritual, translucent light. In Palestine, he became one of thefounders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, theProphets, the biblical landscape, folklore and people, including Yemenites, Hasidic Jewsand Arabs, and many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and theGalilee. Rubin was influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau, and he signed his workswith his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters.This is a signed and numbered lithograph depicting an angel comforting a Moses-likefigure holding the Ten Commandments. It is numbered 12 of an edition of 150 in thelower left and signed on the plate in the lower right. We believe the lithograph is printedby Mourlot on Arches paper, but we have not removed the paper on the backside of thelithograph to find out. The overall size is 36 3/4 x 30 in. wide and the sight size is26 5/8 x 20 1/2 in. wide