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Selma (1 January 1903 – June 1974) Painter and printmaker who immigrated to America with her family in about 1908 and she became a naturalized United States citizen on 1 January 1918. Selma Gubin identifies as American by nationality.

Biography
 Before immigration Selma Gubin lived in Kiev, Russia (now Kiev, Ukraine) with her parents, brothers, and sisters. Gubin studied art at Hunter College in New York after which she joined the Art Students League, where she received a fellowship and studied under John Sloan, Raphael Soyer, and Boardman Robinson. She was employed by the Work Progress Administration Federal Art Project between August 1935 and June 1941, in the Art Teaching Division and in the Murals Division.

Death
Selma Gubin, an artist, whose work included portraits, landscapes and still lifes, died at her home in New York. She was 71 years old.

Published works
"Umbrellas" ca. 1953 lithograph on paper. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/umbrellas-9718

"Umbrellas" ca. 1953 linoleum cut on paper. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/umbrellas-9719

Exhibitions
Gubin's work was included in a group exhibition of drawings and sculpture, with artists Mimi Gross, Claude Marks, Raphael Soyer, Edith Teitelbaum, and Max Weber. Her work is represented in the collections of the Delaware Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Metropolitan Museum, Museum of the City of New York, Smith College Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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