a few of the cities that proudly display his works. many of his paintings are studies of lust and sensuality. but his cliched reputation as the painter of big women belies his inexhaustible repertoire. rubin's depicted large heavy figures in vigorous movement and he had a rich imagination. his dramatic visual language gave rise to a new style that would later be terms for zero. the artist spent most of his life in the city of and tore. his family moved here from germany when he was ten. at the time it belonged to the