How a makeup mogul liberated women by putting them in a. Mar 28, 2020 helena rubinstein, cosmetician, business executive, and philanthropist. Founded in 1904, the museum was the first institution of its kind in the united states and is one of the oldest jewish museums in the world. The art, power and vision of helena rubinstein at new york. Pdf helena rubinstein download ebook full pdf download. A cosmetics entrepreneur, and was the founder and eponym of helena rubinstein incorporated cosmetics company, which made her. But by the 1930s, they were bitter rivals in new york, the rulers of dueling international beauty empires that would forever change the way women thought about. Courtesy of helena rubinstein foundation archive, fashion institute of technology, state university of new york special collections. At the outbreak of world war i, she and titus moved to new york city, where. It celebrates rubinsteins life and art, currently on display at the jewish museum in new york city. Judgmental, autocratic and wholly selfmade after fleeing prewar poland and the prospect of arranged marriage as a teen, helena rubinstein built a cosmetics empire on the notion that beauty is.
Oct 18, 2017 helena rubinstein was a pioneer in female entrepreneurship. See more ideas about jewish museum, museum shop and beauty. Beginning october 31, 2014, the jewish museum will present helena rubinstein. The first jewish museum in the united states, as well as the oldest existing jewish museum in the world, it contains the largest. Rubinsteins money helped to bankroll tituss rarebook shop.
If you cant make it to new york city, their online shop is full of rubinsteininspired goodies including. If you cant make it to new york city, their online shop is full of rubinstein inspired goodies including. See more ideas about jewish museum, museum and beauty. The catalog for the exhibition can be purchased here. Beauty is power, the absorbing and handsomely mounted exhibition on display at new yorks jewish museum. Beauty is power exhibit, opening friday, is a testament to vision, drive. Also they decided to establish the helena rubinstein foundation a longtime supporter that is shown before a childrens programming produced by wnet like shining. The cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein might not be a household name to museumgoers under a certain age and her art collecting is even more obscure. Read writing about helena rubinstein in the jewish museum. Helena rubinstein beauty is power jewish museum helena. Buy this fascinating book exploring the ideas, innovations, and influence of the legendary cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein 18721965. Judgmental, autocratic and wholly selfmade after fleeing prewar poland and the prospect of arranged marriage as a teen, helena rubinstein built a.
Apr 28, 2017 rubinstein was one of the richest women in the worldand jewish. Beauty is power highlights her rise, interests and acquisitions in 200 objects. In her book ugly beauty ruth brandon described her methodology. Museum tells helena rubinsteins story in art jewish. Helena rubinstein american businesswoman britannica.
Beauty is power runs through march 22, 2015 at the jewish museum. The manhattan jewish museums exhibition helena rubinstein. Fashion institute of technology, state university of new york special collections. Jewish museum the jewish museum is a major american art museum, but also the largest jewish museum in the western hemisphere. Sep 29, 2010 when i picked up this book in june, i had no idea who was helena rubinstein and never heard of the author wrote a complete and detailed biography of mrs.
Twenty years in a desert jail an oprah book club pick. In what was once a typical story in new york, she was refused as a renter 625 was built as. As an educational institution of memory, hope, and resilience, our mission has never been more relevant. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. About the author mason klein is a curator at the jewish museum, new york. Yes, i want to receive newsletters from helena rubinstein.
The jewish museum presents helena rubinstein harpers bazaar. Celebrating helena rubinstein at the jewish museum the new. The art, power and vision of helena rubinstein at new yorks. The beautiful mama rubinstein, augusta silberfield rubinstein, had a tremendous impact on helena and her seven sisters pauline, rosa, regina, stella, ceska, manka, and erna. Located on new york citys famed museum mile, the jewish museum is a distinctive hub for art and jewish culture for people of all backgrounds. The jewish museum is only just catching up with the makeup magnate, who died in 1965, at 92. Beauty is power, which accompanies the exhibition, explores rubinsteins remarkable history and her journey from a polish emigrant to an australian beauty shop owner to an american business magnate. Beauty is power october 31, 2014 march 22, 2015, alex kelly, the spring shoshanna and david wingate curatorial intern, assisted the jewish museum curatorial staff in gathering research on helena rubinstein s life, collection, and cosmetics business. Oct 23, 2014 the idea that beauty is power, the title of a new exhibition at the jewish museum in new york bringing together art and objects from rubinsteins vast collection, might seem selfevident. New york, ny beginning october 31, 2014, the jewish museum will. Rubinstein broke free from the constraints of her 19thcentury, smalltown, polish jewish background to become a giant. Jewish museum, your personal guide to new york city. This fascinating book traces the path of the great 20thcentury cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein, a remarkable early feminist and visionary art patron.
Beauty is powerthe greatest power of all, was among the first slogans rubinstein. Feb 14, 2015 there was nothing subtle about makeup magnate, helena rubinstein. The jewish museum highlights helena rubinstein, a pioneer of womens cosmetics, whose taste reflected a combination of chutzpah and creativity. Helena rubinstein project gutenberg selfpublishing. Oct 31, 2014 that connection runs throughout the jewish museums stimulating exhibition helena rubinstein. New york, ny in conjunction with the exhibition, helena rubinstein. The jewish museum the jewish museum presents helena. The idea that beauty is power, the title of a new exhibition at the jewish museum in new york bringing together art and objects from rubinstein s vast collection, might seem selfevident.
Beauty is power exhibition october 2014 through march 2015. The current hadassah magazine touts an exhibit now at the jewish museum in new york, titled helena rubinstein. Rubinstein was a feminist long before the word existed. By the time of her death, rubinstein had risen from humble origins in smalltown jewish poland to become a global icon of. Nov 6, 2014 explore thejewishmuseumshops board helena rubinstein.
There was nothing subtle about makeup magnate, helena rubinstein. Beauty is power, the first museum exhibition to explore the ideas, innovations, and enduring influence of the. While blending beauty formulas, this tiny dynamo amassed a valuable and eclectic art collection, of which 200 objects are on display at the jewish museum in new york through march 22 before traveling to the boca raton museum of art in florida. The exhibit at the jewish museum is the first to explore her ideas, innovations and influence of the fabled entrepreneur helena rubinstein. Museum tells helena rubinsteins story in art the times. By the time of her death, rubinstein had risen from humble origins in smalltown jewish. Preciousstone jewels from the unique collection of the late helena rubinstein.
For helena rubinstein, beauty was power yale university. Beauty is power at the jewish museum in manhattan, using information from the museum, referred incorrectly to the acquisition of a helena rubinstein ring by andy warhol, who drew her portrait in 1957. Nov 21, 2014 the diminutive powerhouse from krakow she stood all of 4foot10 died in 1965 at age 94, by best estimates and is the subject of a new exhibition at the jewish museum in new york city. Helena rubinstein 18721965, the great 20th century cosmetics entrepreneur, changed the way women saw. Beauty is power, a playlist by the jewish museum from desktop or your mobile device. The jewish museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 fifth avenue, in the former felix m. Helena rubinsteins story told in art detroit free press.
Helena rubinstein established the helena rubinstein foundation to provide money for the arts and to charitable institutions. Jewish museum features cosmetics queen helena rubinstein j. Beauty is power, the first museum show devoted to rubinstein, was held from october 31, 2014 until march 22, 2015. While she did not support jewish causes in particular, she did donate five hundred thousand dollars to create the helena rubinstein pavilion at the tel aviv museum. The manhattan jewish museum s exhibition helena rubinstein. New york, ny beginning october 31, 2014, the jewish museum will present helena rubinstein. Dec 04, 2014 it wasnt until i visited helena rubinstein. That connection runs throughout the jewish museum s stimulating exhibition helena rubinstein.
The exhibition will travel to the boca raton museum of art for display april 21 through july 12. If you cant make it to new york city, their online shop is. Beauty is powerat the jewish museum in nyc until march 22, 2015 by nadine stewart. Oct 31, 2014 the jewish museum presents helena rubinstein. My life for beauty by helena rubinstein and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Although our physical space is closed, our virtual community remains busy and vibrant. Helena rubinstein 18721965, the great 20thcentury cosmetics entrepreneur, changed the way women saw themselves, using her own remarkable life and spectacular art collections as a model. The jewish museum presents helena rubinstein helena. Is this park avenue penthouse the best apartment in new york. By the time of her death, rubinstein had risen from humble origins in. When she opened her first beauty salon in sydney in 1902, helena rubinstein invented something totally new. Beauty is power, which opens on friday, the jewish museum is trying to change all this with the first exhibition devoted. Her entire collection of miniature rooms is on display. This is the first museum exhibition to focus on the cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein 1872 1965. Please consider supporting the museum of jewish heritage a living memorial to the holocaust with a gift of any size today.
The jewish museum new york city 2020 all you need to know. Helena rubinstein and her modernist salons jewish museum nyc 31 octobre 2014 22 mars 2015. Rubinstein was one of eight daughters of a middleclass jewish family in poland. The exhibition collects, for the first time, paintings, sculptures. A mala rubinstein, helena rubinsteins niece, shows the ladies how beauty is done at the 715 fifth. Apr 14, 2017 a selection of elizabeth arden and helena rubinstein vintage ads, courtesy vintage ad browser. Beauty is power, the first museum exhibition to explore the ideas, innovations, and influence of the legendary cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein 18721965.
Audio guide for the jewish museum exhibition helena rubinstein. In tracing how her brand name became associated with the woman herself, this book examines the various ways rubinstein controlled and defined her remarkable image. Beauty is power, organized by the jewish museum, new york, october 31, 2014. Rubinstein broke free from the constraints of her 19thcentury, smalltown, polish jewish background to become a giant of the beauty industry and an. Warburg house, along the museum mile in the upper east side of manhattan, new york city. December 25, 1872 april 1, 1965 was a polishamerican businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist.
Dec 23, 2014 this fascinating book traces the path of the great 20thcentury cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein, a remarkable early feminist and visionary art patron. The story of helena rubinstein, the brand, and helena rubinstein, the woman, are one and the same. Jewish museum highlights helena rubinstein the new york. Great women collectors by charlotte gere and marina vaizey, published by philip wilsonharry n abrams, 1999. Rubinstein was one of the richest women in the worldand jewish. Mar 03, 2015 the museums latest offering was an indepth look at helena rubinstein, a woman i have long admired. Helena rubinsteins remarkable lifefrom the inception of her beauty empire to the legacy she left behindis celebrated in this comprehensive book that retraces her inspiring story. Helena rubinstein was a polishamerican businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist.
Marie laurencin october 1883 june why should i paint dead fish, onions, and beer glasses. Paul salmona is director of the mahj the museum of jewish history in paris. Museum tells helena rubinsteins story in art born chaja rubinstein to polish jewish parents in krakow, the diminutive powerhouse is the subject of a new ny exhibition by leanne italie 1. Helena rubinstein download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The woman who invented beauty and coauthored stolen lives. Beauty is power, a fascinating exhibition at new yorks jewish museum, revisits the cosmetics pioneers legacy in the worlds of commerce and art. Fourfootten and squatbuilt like an icebox, in the words of one acquaintancewith a strong nose and an iron jaw, helena rubinstein.
Located along new yorks museum mile, this elegant former residence has been the home of the museum since 1947. What we see in the jewish museum s exhibition is a mix of portraits of helena rubinstein by various artists, fairly mediocre paintings of figures and faces by european modernists, such as braque, picasso, juan gris, miro, wilfredo lam cuba, frida kahlo mexico, works from africa and oceania as well as various figurative sculptures by her. Beauty is power, the first museum show devoted to this entrepreneurial makeup doyenne 18721965. Museum tells helena rubinsteins story in art the times of. This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition helena rubinstein. Museum tells helena rubinsteins story in art washington. The diminutive powerhouse from krakow she stood all of 4foot10 died in 1965 at age 94, by best estimates and is the subject of a new exhibition at the jewish museum in new york city. Also known as madame, rubinstein is the subject of an exhibition called. Mason klein is curator at the jewish museum in new york.
In what was once a typical story in new york, she was refused as a renter 625 was built as a coop in 1929 but converted to a. Helena rubinstein in an orthodox jewish household in krakow, poland, elizabeth arden on a farm outside toronto. A variety of facial treatments from a helena rubinstein salon, circa 1941. Here, alex reflects on the experience of getting to know this charismatic art lover. Beauty is power, the current exhibition at the jewish museum in new york, that i learned that my mother was wrong. The jewish museumorganized show, helena rubinstein. See more ideas about looking for women, richest in the world and jewish museum. Helena rubinstein 18721965, one of the richest woman of the world in her time, was a self made businesswoman who invented modern beauty and a major player in the cosmetic industry. Beauty is power on view october 31, 2014 march 22, 2015. It can be argued that helena rubinstein was a force of naturea selfmade magnate whose empire, originally based on her skin cream formula, of spanned four continents. Beauty is power jewish museum by klein, mason new helena. Her father, horace, a not very successful wholesale food broker, was very strict. Mason klein, center, curator at the jewish museum, discuss portraits of cosmetics empress helena rubinstein in new york.
The jewish museum was founded in 1904 in the library of the jewish theological seminary of america, where it was housed for more than four decades. Beauty is power 1934 marie laurencin, portrait of helena rubinstein, private collection. Helena rubinstein 18721965, the great 20thcentury cosmetics entrepre. Beauty is power, organized by the jewish museum, new york, october 31, 2014 march 22, 2015. Museum tells helena rubinsteins story in art born chaja rubinstein to polishjewish parents in krakow, the diminutive powerhouse is the subject of a new ny exhibition by leanne italie 1. They were both born in the nineteenth century in humble circumstances. Rubinstein as businesswoman and arts patron helped break down the status quo of taste by blurring the boundaries between commerce, art, fashion, beauty, and design. Published december 23rd 2014 by jewish museum first published november 11th. She was born in the 1870s in krakow as the oldest of eight daughters and grew up in modest circumstances in an orthodox jewish family. Beauty is power, is on display at the boca raton museum of art, 501 plaza real, boca raton, florida, through july 12, 2015. The foundation was a longtime supporter of childrens programming for new york citys pbs affiliate wnet. Celebrating helena rubinstein at the jewish museum the.
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