He taught at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and his various works adorn the Indiana State House, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the National Archives building in Washington, D.C.[3] David Kresz Rubins was born in Minneapolis in 1902.

[1] As a young man, he was apprenticed to James Earle Fraser[4] before moving on to study at Dartmouth College and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York.

[1] The text was also published in Germany [3] After retiring as director of the sculpture program, he continued to work with the Herron School of Art as Sculptor in Residence at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

[1] He continued his work as a sculptor during his tenure at the Herron Art Institute and later Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

In 1944, his plaster bust Portrait of Evans Woolens was featured in the 37th Annual Exhibition of Works by Indiana Artists.

In 1964, he created the bust of former governor Henry F. Schricker which resides in an alcove inside the Indiana State House.

[10] Other examples of Rubins' sculpture include the cherub that would adorn the downtown Indianapolis L. S. Ayres building during the Christmas season (now located in the Indiana State Museum[7]), the Lilly Monument at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis,[3] a number of commemorative plaques at Riley Hospital, a sculpture of Dr. Hahn that resides at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science,[11] a bronze figure of a nude woman given to the IMA,[6] a marble female figure also housed at the IMA,[12] a bust of Dean John Van Nuys at the IU School of Medicine,[7] a commissioned plaque of Wilbur Peat for the IMA,[6] and the ornamental sculptures[13] over the driveway entrances of the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

[15] In 1973, the alumni of Herron School of Art honored him with "David K. Rubins Day," including a dinner party and the announcement of two scholarships in his name.