The last painting Rubin was working on sits on an easel. In it, an old religious man wearing a shtreimel rests a violin on his lap as he looks away, and in a bubble of dream or memory behind him, a thin young man, resembling him, is playing a violin. That confrontation with an end, with death, is seen as well in the last drawing he made, hanging on the wall by the second-floor landing. A small man, his back to the viewer, spreads his arms and looks up at a huge winged angel with a face resembling Rubin's. Rubin died the same day, having bequeathed his home and a selection of paintings to the city of Tel Aviv a month earlier.
Admission is free.
The Rubin House, at 14 Rehov Bialik, displays visiting as well as permanent exhibits. There is an admission fee. To reach the area by public transportation, take the No. 4 bus or sherut taxi from the Tel Aviv central bus station, disembarking at the corner of Allenby and Bialik. Allan Rabinowitz is a licensed tour guide. See the articles you read most frequently during the last three months.