{{short description|American painter|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''John Dubrow''' (born 1958) is an American painter.<ref name="yezzi">David Yezzi, [http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/An-interview-with-John-Dubrow-7503 An interview with John Dubrow], ''The New Criterion'', December 2012</ref><ref name="observer">Mario Naves, [http://observer.com/2008/05/dubrow-is-highbrow/ Dubrow Is Highbrow], ''The New York Observer'', May 19, 2008</ref>
==Biography== John Dubrow was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1958.<ref name="official">[http://www.johndubrow.com/bio.html Official website biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114214115/http://www.johndubrow.com/bio.html |date=2012-11-14 }}</ref><ref name="lori">[http://www.loribooksteinfineart.com/page.php?pt=2&aid=4 Lori Bookstein Fine Art] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820212542/http://www.loribooksteinfineart.com/page.php?pt=2&aid=4 |date=2014-08-20 }}</ref><ref name="panero">James Panero, [http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Gallery-chronicle-3843 Gallery Chronicle], ''The New Criterion'', May 2008</ref> He attended Syracuse University, the Camberwell College of Arts in London, and the San Francisco Art Institute.<ref name="yezzi"/><ref name="official"/><ref name="lori"/> His early influences include the Bay Area Figurative Movement, especially Richard Diebenkorn, David Park and Bruce McGaw, and the abstract expressionist Julius Hatofsky.<ref name="yezzi"/><ref name="panero"/>
He has painted rooftops in New York City and Jerusalem, and portraits, including William Bailey, Marc Fumaroli and Mark Strand.<ref name="yezzi"/><ref name="observer"/><ref name="nysun">Maureen Mullarkey, [http://www.nysun.com/arts/john-dubrows-handsome-urban-motifs/75221/ John Dubrow's Handsome Urban Motifs], ''The New York Sun'', April 24, 2008</ref> While painting his portraits, the subjects are allowed to move and talk to him.<ref name="yezzi"/> Instead of a sketchbook, he uses an iPad, then completes his paintings in his studio in New York City.<ref name="yezzi"/>
Since the 1980s, his work has been exhibited at the Lori Bookstein Fine Art, the Salander- O'Reilly Galleries, the Contemporary Realist Gallery in San Francisco, etc.<ref name="observer"/><ref name="official"/><ref name="lori"/><ref name="panero"/><ref name="nysun"/>
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