OSCAR RABINE

Oscar Iakovlevitch Rabin (Russian: Оскар Яковлевич Рабин), born on January 2, 1928 in Moscow and died on November 7, 2018 in Florence, is a Soviet painter then French and finally Russian.

He is one of the founders of a group of informal art Lianozovo.

From 1946 to 1948, Oscar Rabin studied at the Riga Academy of Arts. In 1948-1949, he studied at the Vasily Sourikov Art Institute in Moscow from where he was expelled for formalism.

In the late 1950s, with his wife painter Valentina Kropiwnicki, he became the founder of the informal art group Lianozovo.

In the spring of 1974, Rabin was the initiator and one of the main organisers of the exhibition of works by non-conformist artists in Belyayevo, the Bulldozer Exhibition.

In 1978, during a trip to France, he was refused Soviet citizenship by a special decree of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

In 1985, he acquired French nationality. In 1990, Perestroika re-established its right to Russian citizenship. In 2006, the Russian ambassador of France returned his Russian passport.

In 2007, he exhibited his works at the Pushkin Museum.

He is buried next to his son and his first wife at Père-Lachaise cemetery.

His ability to paint the human condition allowed him to be decorated with the Order of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. It is also the symbol of his particular participation in contemporary painting.

The painting of this great painter was exhibited in prodigious institutions, namely: the Grand Palais, the Pompidou Centre, the Russian Museum of St. Petersburg, etc.

His works have also been exhibited in museums and galleries in several countries such as the United States, France and in particular at Galerie Vieceli (Paris), Germany or London.

Currently, Oscar Robine's art is still making noise in many countries, especially since these works resonate with exceptional power and lasting relevance. Moreover, many galleries still exhibit his paintings.Nous contacter