Background
Rubin, Ida Ely was born on November 27, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Thurston Van Vechten and Elizabeth Boomer (Scheffer) Ely.
Rubin, Ida Ely was born on November 27, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Thurston Van Vechten and Elizabeth Boomer (Scheffer) Ely.
Bachelor with high honors, Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1944. Postgraduate, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1944—1949.
Executive director XX International Congress Art History, New York City, 1959—1961. Director development Institute Fine Arts, 1962—1963. Director visual arts Inter-American Foundation Arts, New York City, 1963—1964.
Special consultant Art Gallery Center Inter-American Relations, 1965—1968. Director visual arts Institute Contemporary Hispanic Art, 1973—1977, art consultant, curator private collections, 1970—1980. Foreign correspondent Arte en Colombia.
Member Selection Committee, Jury Contemporary Painting, Drawing, Sculpture & Photograph Exhibitions, since 1960. Member faculty Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, 1970—1971. Fellow Belgium-American Education Foundation, Brussels, 1951.
Vice chairman visual arts committee New York City Cultural Council, 1969—1972. Chairman museum acquisitions committee Council Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972—1986. Vice president University Andes Foundation, 1981—1986.
Member executive committee Drawing Society New York City, 1961—1982, Americas Foundation, 1981—1986. Member international art selection committee United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, 1983—1984.
Married Jerome Sanford Rubin Rubin, March 1, 1957. Children: Richard' Ely, Alicia Mirella.