Oscar Rabin was a leader of the Lianozovo Group of underground artists near Moscow from the 1950s to the 1970s and one of the organizers of the “bulldozer exhibition” (1974), so called because it was bulldozed by the Soviet authorities. In 1978, Rabin was exiled from the Soviet Union and settled in Paris. His work was the subject of numerous exhibitions, including a show at the State Russian Museum after the fall of the Soviet Union (St. Petersburg, 1993).
In the 1960s, Oscar Rabin began to incorporate everyday objects, such as the newspaper seen here, into his paintings. He also added sand into his work, sometimes blending paint and sand together. This…
Traditionally, the prophet Elijah is believed to be present at all Jewish circumcision ceremonies, and a chair is reserved for him. It serves as the seat of the godfather, who holds the baby boy…
Song without Words, painted in Jaffa ca. 1911–1913. Like many of Jan’s works, this painting is suffused with poetic and atmospheric symbolism. Here, a beautiful young woman with haunted eyes holds a…