Vladimir Rutstein, Shtetl Water Carrier, Judaica Oil Painting

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Judaic Shtetl scene, Chassidic Water Carrier Vladimir Abramovich Rutstein, Russia • born in 1922, died in 1987. Wladimir Abramowicz Rutschtein … Read more Judaic Shtetl scene, Chassidic Water Carrier Vladimir Abramovich Rutstein, Russia • born in 1922, died in 1987. Wladimir Abramowicz Rutschtein Russian Jewish Painter. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR. Rutschtein was born in Moscow in 1922. At the age of 11 he was taken by his uncle to Leningrad for his father was arrested for politics and executed and his mother was exiled to Tambov. He won first prize in a painting exhibit in 1934 in Leningrad. He studied painting and design between 1934-1941. In 1946, he was accepted at the Leningrad Academy of Arts and graduated with distinction. He was accepted into the Association of Soviet Painters in 1952. Rutschtein then had exhibits in Czechoslovakia, Romania, Japan and Canada. His style would be considered Soviet Realism. His paintings have been on display in museums in Leningrad and Moscow, along with multiple cities in the former USSR. In 1981 he emigrated to Israel and his works are on display at the Kibbutz Gallery, as well as in the Knesset. He has exhibited at the Cato Gallery, London; Bruno Gallery Tel Aviv, Art Gallery of Montreal, Linda Frank Gallery, London. See less