Now located in Pasadena CA, located between the Norton Simon Museum and the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens.
Founded in 1979, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts has presented major exhibitions of important Modern and contemporary European and American artists. Since its inaugural exhibition featuring the works of Arshile Gorky and Hans Burkhardt, the gallery has continued to present museum-quality exhibitions placing Contemporary paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings in historical context.
Established at its La Brea Avenue location in 1981, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts has featured exhibitions by gallery artists Jordi Alcaraz, Hans Burkhardt, Patrick Graham, Reuben Nakian, Bruce Richards, Ruth Weisberg, Jerome Witkin, Joel-Peter Witkin and Francisco Zuniga. In addition, the gallery has presented a wide range of solo exhibitions of major international artists including Pierre Alechinsky, Hannelore Baron, Alexander Calder, Sam Francis, Arshile Gorky, George Herms, Hundertwasser, Kathe Kollwitz, Georges Rouault, Ed Ruscha, Antoni Tapies, Max Weber, and other significant 20th-century artists.
Noteworthy thematic exhibitions presented by the gallery have included major surveys of German Expressionism, California Modern Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Art, as well as numerous group exhibitions.
The gallery is particularly noteworthy for its emphasis on education through its exhibitions, numerous lectures, and panel discussions. Through those endeavors, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts is an important resource for established and beginning collectors, art historians, and museums internationally.
In recent years, the gallery has produced video tours of its exhibitions, narrated by Jack Rutberg.
