(b Turin, 8 Dec 1871; d Rome, 16 Jan 1954). Italian sculptor, medallist and printmaker. He studied ornamental modelling at the Accademia Albertina in Turin under Odoardo Tabacchi and first exhibited in 1891 at the Turin Promotrice, where he continued to show his work almost every year. From 1896 to 1898 he worked in the studio of Leonardo Bistolfi, who had a strong influence on his development. In 1898 he received his first important commission, a decorative group representing the Dora River for the Fountain of the Months in the Parco del Valentino, Turin. At the Esposizione Internazionale di Arte Decorativa held in Turin in 1902, Rubino created decorative groups representing Dance, Sculpture and Painting (destr.; repr. in Thovez) for the pavilion designed by Raimondo D’Aronco, in an Art Nouveau style close to that of Bistolfi; they earned him the gold medal. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale (1899, 1903, 1905, 1907) and at the Amatori e Cultori in Rome (1909, 1915), had his prints published in the magazine Arte decorativa moderna and in 1915 accepted a commission from Victor-Emanuel III, King of Italy, to complete the monument to Humbert I of Savoy, begun by Davide Calandra, which was unveiled in Rome in 1926 (Rome, Park of Villa Borghese).

• Rubino, Edoardo
  • Calandra, Davide