The artist’s first teacher was the artist and poet E.L. Kropivnitsky. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Riga (1946-1948), at the Moscow State Art Institute. V.I. Surikov, from where he was expelled “for formalism.” The artist’s formation was greatly influenced by his acquaintance with Western artists at an exhibition as part of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (1957). In the 1950s. Rabin became a prominent figure in the “Lianozov group” of poets and artists united around E.L. Kropivnitsky. He is considered one of the founders of the “barracks school,” a nonconformist movement that emphasizes the poverty and hopelessness of Soviet life. He was one of the organizers of the “bulldozer exhibition” in 1974. In 1978, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Oscar Rabin was deprived of Soviet citizenship and has since lived in Paris, working in his own workshop at the Art Center. Pompidou. Currently, Rabin is one of the best-selling Soviet nonconformist artists at world auctions; he exhibits in New York, Paris, Oslo, Vienna, and London. In 1991, a personal exhibition of the artist took place at the Literary Museum in Moscow. His works are present in the permanent exhibitions of the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum, and are located in many museums of modern art around the world.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1965 Size – 80x110. Technique – Oil on canvas, gold leaf.
Description:Signature and date at top right.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1967 Size – 80x100. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 2003. Size – 65х90. Technique – Oil on canvas, collage.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1958 Size – 53x40.5. Technique – Paper, tempera.
Description:The work was published in the catalog of the artist's personal exhibition in the State Tretyakov Gallery "Oscar Rabin. Three Lives. Retrospective", Moscow, 2008, p. 311.
Аукцион № 122 «Живопись, графика, плакат». 26 мая 2011 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1966 Size – 35x46. Technique – Paper, colored markers.
Description:Signature and date in the center.
Аукцион № 83 "Современное искусство" 19 ноября 2008 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 2003 Size – 65x90. Technique – Oil on canvas, collage.
Будущий аукцион №198 26 марта 2026 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1993 Size – 64.5x80.5. Technique – Oil on canvas, collage.
Description:Signed and dated at the bottom in the middle. The work came from a private collection, purchased from the author.
Аукцион № 7 «Советское искусство» 23 октября 2005 г.
Description:Signed and dated lower right.
Аукцион № 148 "Русское искусство ХХ века" 08 февраля 2018 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1969 Size – 79.5x100. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Description:Signed and dated lower left.
Аукцион № 143 "Русское искусство ХХ века". 22 октября 2015 г.
Аукцион № 142 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XIX-ХХ веков". 23 октября 2014 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1958 Size – 58x69. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Аукцион № 113 «Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XVIII-ХХ веков» 18 мая 2010 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1993 Size – 38x56. Technique – Rag paper with factory brand embossing in the upper left corner, charcoal, black pencil, gel pen, watercolor.
Прошедший аукцион №197 05 февраля 2026 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1969 Size – 80x100. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Аукцион № 179 Аукцион 179 29 июня 2023 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1974 Size – 80x110.5. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Прошедший аукцион №195 14 октября 2025 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1969 Size – 79.5x100 Technique – Oil on canvas.
Аукцион №188 Аукцион 188 21 ноября 2024 г.
Аукцион № 157 "Аукцион сезона" 28 февраля 2020 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1966 Size – 108.8x88.3. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Аукцион № 128 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XIX-ХХ веков". 13 марта 2012 г.
Description:Signed and dated lower left. The work was acquired from the artist in the late 1970s.
Аукцион № 152 "Аукцион сезона" 19 марта 2019 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1965. Size – 80х110. Technique – Oil, gold leaf on cardboard.
Прошедший аукцион №191 20 марта 2025 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1974 Size – 80х110,5. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Description:Signed and dated lower left. The work was purchased from the artist at the end. 1970s
Аукцион № 134 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XIX-ХХ веков".
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1996 Size – 51x64.5. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Description:Confirmation by O.Ya. Rabin.Signature and date lower right.
Аукцион № 111 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство". 02 марта 2010 г.
Rabin O.Ya. Year – 1961 Size – 110x90. Technique – Oil on canvas.
Description:Signed lower right. The work comes from the collection of G.D. Costakis. The work was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki in 2006, published in the catalog of this exhibition.
Аукцион № 131 "Русское и Западноевропейское искусство XVIII-ХХ веков". 25 октября 2012 г.
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