Beauty is power is organized by mason klein, curator at the jewish museum, with rebecca shaykin, leon levy assistant curator. Beauty is power will travel to the boca raton museum of art, boca raton, fl april 21july 12, 2015. The book is enriched with a lavish array of illustrations, including documentary photographs, paintings, drawings, prints, and decorative arts. 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. Here, rubinsteins stepgranddaughter recalls madame, as she was known, and her brilliant, magpie ways. Women are ditching their dark eyeliner and heavy lipstick in favor of the barefaced look thats filled the runways and our. 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. Beauty is power jewish museum by mason klein oct 20, 2014. Jewish museum features cosmetics queen helena rubinstein j.
Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third party for any reason. A vintage helena rubinstein compact in the jewish museum. Also known as madame, rubinstein is the subject of an exhibition called. As a new show of her vast art collection at the jewish museum makes clear, helena rubinstein had both an eye for beauty and a nose for business. The 10 best hotels near jewish museum vienna in vienna. Led by a local guide, explore the jewish textile quarter and see the judenplatz holocaust memorial. My life for beauty by helena rubinstein and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Both the jewish museum vienna and the museum judenplatz offer visitors a detailed insight into the heritage and culture of judaism both past and present. The manhattan jewish museums exhibition helena rubinstein. Rubinstein was one of eight daughters of a middleclass jewish family in. The art, power and vision of helena rubinstein at new york. Cosmetics magnate helena rubinstein always projected a scientific image. Helena rubinstein beauty is power jewish museum helena. The history of viennas jewish community can be divided into several distinct periods, with the community itself settling in two specific neighborhoods.
Curators michele fitoussi, author of helena rubinstein. The jewish museums new exhibition, beauty is power, explores the life and taste of the woman from a polish shtetl who went on to radically alter the beauty industry. Squeezed into narrow dorotheergasse, a whitewashed and stucco decorated town palace houses the main building. This 168page exhibition catalogue, beauty is power, written by the curator klein for the jewish museum is simple trifle. Jewish women and their salons yale university press. By her late teens, she had abandoned poland for australia, where she began. Helena rubinstein was born in 1872 in krakows jewish ghetto, the eldest of eight daughters of a kerosene dealer. Beauty is power, the first museum show devoted to rubinstein, was held from october 31. Rubinstein was one of the first women skincare and makeup entrepreneurs. Helena rubinstein was a polishamerican businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist.
Helena rubinstein, cosmetician, business executive, and philanthropist. Founding of the jewish museum of the city of vienna. Book your jewish museum vienna tickets online and skiptheline. Dorota sniezek, deputy curator, mahj the first version of this exhibition was shown at the judisches museum in vienna from october 2017 to may 2018. A cosmetics entrepreneur, and was the founder and eponym of helena rubinstein incorporated cosmetics company, which. Jewish museum vienna the best way to experience jewishviennese history. Museum tells helena rubinsteins story in art the times. Celebrating helena rubinstein at the jewish museum the. In her book ugly beauty ruth brandon described her methodology. Shlom is the first jew whose settling in vienna can be documented. Her family fostered both her intellectual development and her sense of style and elegance. Rubinstein broke free from the constraints of her 19thcentury, smalltown, polish jewish background to become a giant of the beauty industry and an international household name. Danielle spera is director of the judisches museum wien. The jewish museum presents helena rubinstein helena.
Key pieces from the wideranging art and antiques collection of cosmetics tycoon helena rubinstein are now on view at new yorks jewish museum in an exhibition called beauty is power. Over several floors, palais eskeles guards the memories of jewish life from the 1940ies onwards. Consists of one typed affidavit, in english, dated may 27, 1941, attesting that helena rubinstein born helena gourielli, president of the cosmetics company helena rubinstein, inc. 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. Over the course of many centuries, the political status of the community rose and fell many times. 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. Beauty is power is on view through march 22, 2015 at the jewish museum, 1105 fifth ave. She was born in the 1870s in krakow as the oldest of eight daughters and grew up in modest circumstances in an orthodox jewish. 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.
Both locations of the jewish museum vienna, dorotheergasse and judenplatz, will remain closed until further notice. Helena rubinstein laboratories invite you to have a look at the range of moisturizing and matifying foundations designed to heighten your beauty. Beauty is power, the current exhibition at the jewish museum in new york, that i learned that my mother was wrong. The museum is present on two locations, in the palais eskeles in the dorotheergasse and in the judenplatz, and has distinguished itself by a very active programme of exhibitions and outreach events highlighting the past and. In her heyday, she was so famous that she even made it. Through our digital channels, we are bringing the jewish museum vienna directly to you. There was nothing subtle about makeup magnate, helena rubinstein. Before reading this book, i had never heard of helena rubinstein. Helena rubinstein established the helena rubinstein foundation to provide money for the arts and to charitable institutions. This fascinating book traces the path of the great 20thcentury cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein, a remarkable early feminist and visionary art patron.
Beauty is power highlights her rise, interests and acquisitions in 200 objects. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Helena rubinstein was a pioneer in female entrepreneurship. France, the mahj is devoting an exhibition to helena rubinstein 1872 1965. When she published instructional books and brochures with advice. Helena rubinstein affidavit collections search united. Getyourguide uses cookies to give you the best possible service. 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.
This is the first museum exhibition to focus on the cosmetics entrepreneur helena rubinstein 1872 1965. Pay tribute to the world war ii memorial in the central square of morzinplatz and hear the stories behind the citys jewish community. The vienna yeshiva, a vocational school for jewish social work, becomes a public school. The stadttempel synagogue, vienna, austria at the beginning of the 19th century, the jewish community of vienna was granted permission to build the synagogue under the condition that the building would not be seen from the street. The museum judenplatz with its holocaust memorial is also part of the jewish museum and worth a visit. Helena rubinstein holds one of her masks from the ivory coast in 1934. Every sunday afternoon, the jewish museum vienna offers a varied program for children and families.
Helena rubinstein american businesswoman britannica. The approximately twohour program for 6 to 10 yearold children begins on sunday at 2. The woman who invented beauty, london, gallic books, 20. Here at, we are committed to protecting your privacy.
Your mother or grandmother probably used helena rubinstein creams or cosmetics once upon a time. Austrias jewish museum lauds helena rubinstein, beauty. The history of the jews in austria probably begins with the exodus of jews from judea under roman occupation. Photo by george maillard kesslere, courtesy of the jewish museum, via the helena rubinstein foundation archives, fashion institute of technology, suny, gladys marcus library, special collections. Jewish vienna then to now, which offers a retrospective look at the jewish presence and achievement in vienna, to displays. That connection runs throughout the jewish museums stimulating exhibition helena rubinstein. If you continue browsing, you agree to the use of cookies. After reading this book, its kind of crazy that she isnt more well known today. Exhibition tour following its new york showing, helena rubinstein.
The boutique hotel am stephansplatz is located in the very heart of vienna, directly opposite saint. Jewish family in krakow in 1872, helena rubinstein, founder of the. She founded the helena rubinstein pavilion of contemporary art in tel aviv where her collection of miniature rooms is housed. Save time and money with our best price guarantee make the most of your visit to vienna. Mason klein is a curator at the jewish museum, new york. See photos, profile pictures and albums from helena rubinstein. After a stopover in vienna, where she worked in her aunts fur store and collected. There is longstanding history of the jewish presence in vienna, stemming back over 800 years. 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. Opened in early 2017 and located in viennas first district, 656 feet from albertina museum, imperium residences airconditioned apartment comes with free wifi. Helena rubinstein, icon of business and style, gets her. 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. The helena rubinstein foundation, created in 1953, provided the necessary funds to organizations concerned with health, medical research and rehabilitation.
The jewish museum the jewish museum presents helena. Mason klein is curator at the jewish museum in new york. Her entire collection of miniature rooms is on display. Exhibition helena rubinstein the adventure of beauty. Krakow, vienna, melbourne, london, paris, new york and tel aviv. A cosmetics entrepreneur, and was the founder and eponym of helena rubinstein incorporated cosmetics company, which made her one of the worlds richest women. By 1896 she had found her way from krakow to vienna to australia, where she. December 25, 1872 april 1, 1965 was a polishamerican businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. Discover viennas jewish heritage and history on this 2hour walking tour. Austrias jewish museum lauds helena rubinstein, beauty care pioneer. Mason klein, center, curator at the jewish museum, discuss portraits of cosmetics empress helena rubinstein in new york. The stadttempel synagogue, vienna, austria beit hatfutsot. In fact, by the end of the 19th century, vienna was one of the most prominent centers of jewish culture in europe. 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.
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