une ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁Cleveland ▁– ▁September ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁Stock bridge , ▁Massachusetts ) ▁was ▁an ▁influ ential ▁et cher , ▁eng ra ver ▁and ▁en am el ist ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁so - called ▁Cleveland ▁School , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁relatively ▁prominent ▁artists ▁in ▁N ortheast ▁Ohio ▁that ▁existed ▁from ▁about ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁ ▁Kub iny i ▁was ▁a ▁modern ist ▁whose ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁the ▁machine ▁age ▁through ▁" ash ▁can " ▁subjects ▁and ▁industrial ▁scenes ▁often ▁bear ▁the ▁stamp ▁of ▁Social ▁Real ism . ▁His ▁work ▁was ▁widely ▁exhib ited ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁including ▁at ▁the ▁Ven ice ▁B ienn ale ▁( 1 9 3 7 ) ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁World ' s ▁Fair ▁( 1 9 3 9 ). ▁ ▁Biography ▁As ▁a ▁child ▁he ▁attended ▁art ▁classes ▁taught ▁by ▁William ▁Z or ach , ▁later ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁the ▁Cleveland ▁School ▁of ▁Art ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁and ▁briefly ▁eng aging ▁in ▁further ▁art ▁studies ▁in ▁Mun ich . ▁▁▁ ▁Kub iny i ▁super vised ▁the ▁graph ic ▁arts ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Works ▁Progress ▁Administration ▁in ▁Cleveland ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁when ▁the ▁W . P . A . ▁named ▁him ▁to ▁head ▁the ▁entire ▁Cleveland ▁W . P . A . ▁arts ▁project . ▁During