Artwork
After Rubens No.2
After Rubens No.2 is a print by John Hubbard. It dates from 2000 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. After Rubens No.
About this work
John Hubbard’s *After Rubens No.2* is a 2000 print that plays with night light. It’s one of three prints Hubbard made after a Rubens painting, this time showing a moonlit landscape.
Hubbard’s print feels like a real place—wet air, still fields. The others in the series show the same spot by day.
Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see the print up close.
Overview
After Rubens No.2 is a print created by John Hubbard in 2000. It is part of a series of three prints inspired by a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, capturing a landscape under different lighting conditions.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a nocturnal landscape, evoking a sense of atmosphere and presence. The nighttime scene is characterized by moonlight, conveying a feeling of stillness and wet air, and is reminiscent of the works of Samuel Palmer and Graham Sutherland.
Technique & Style
Hubbard's treatment of the subject reflects his skill as a landscape painter, translating his sensitivity to landscape into the medium of printmaking.
History & Provenance
John Hubbard, born in the United States in 1931, has lived in the UK since 1961. He is known primarily as a landscape painter, but has also produced a number of prints throughout his career.
Artist & collection
Artist
John Hubbard made prints in the 1990s and early 2000s. His After Rubens No.2 (2000) reimagines Peter Paul Rubens’s figures in flat, graphic shapes, printed in gray and ochre. The plate looks like a silkscreen but is…
