Peter Rubino is a Brooklyn, New York born sculptor known for sculpting busts of famous baseball players, such as Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

 and Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...

. He studied at the National Academy of Design

National Academy of Design

The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...

 and the Art Students League in Manhattan and has taught sculpture for 35 years. His abstract commissions include an 11-foot work, "Mother of All Life," at the Boyko Research Center at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel, and "Angel" a 35 foot monumental figure created for the Walt Disney Co.

Rubino has authored an instructional book, "The Portrait in Clay" which is distributed world wide by Random House

Random House

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 (Watson Guptill) and has been translated into Russian and Chinese.

Rubino was formerly an instructor at The Brooklyn Museum Art School, Silvermine Artists Guild, The National Academy School of Fine Art in New York City.

Mr. Rubino is also noted for performing a "Symphony in Clay" an "Extreme Sculpting" performance piece.

Rubino has created numerous licensed busts of sport figures including Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...

, Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees . Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams...

 and Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...

 in a business partnership with former U.S. Senator Jack Rudolph

Jack Rudolph

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. Phil Esposito

Phil Esposito

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, former general manager of the New York Rangers, commissioned the partnership to create a figure of the goalie Eddie Giacomin

Eddie Giacomin

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, and it was presented to him when his jersey number was retired.