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Biography |
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1928 |
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Born in Moscow into a family of doctors. He lost his parents while he was still a child. He started drawing very early and he had a real passion for it. |
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1942 |
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He studied painting in the studio of Evguenyi Kropivnitski whom he regarded as his teacher; the two men remained on excellent terms until Kropivnitski’s death. |
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1945 |
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Oscar Rabine went to Riga, his mother’s home town, to study at the Art School there. In 1947 he returned to Moscow and carried on his studies at Moscow Art School. In 1950 he married Valentina Kropivnitskaïa, his teacher’s daughter. They settled in the suburbs of Moscow, at Lianozovo, where he painted while working as a foreman on the railway. |
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1957 |
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He took part in the exhibition organised during Mocow’s Youth Festival and he was awarded an honorary diploma. |
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1958 - 1965 |
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A group of young artists gathered around Oscar Rabine. It was at his place that they showed their pictures, and discussed different problems relating to the world of art. Later this group was called «the Lianozovo group». The Grosvenor Gallery organised a one-man exhibition for him in London. |
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1958 - 1967 |
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He got a steady job at a studio of decorative art. At that time artists had to «paint» in the official manner and those who fought for freedom of expression tried to find their own way in other directions. In spite of the difficulties they faced nonconformist artists organised exhibitions censored by the authorities. Oscar Rabine was one of the oganisers of one such exhibition which took place on waste ground on 15 September 1974 and which was completely razed by bulldozers. This event, called «the exhibition of bulldozers», provoked an indignant reaction from international public opinion. |
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1978 |
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Oscar Rabine, his wife and their son went to France as tourists. While he was away the Soviet authorities deprived him of Soviet citizenship. Many one-man exhibitions were organised in France, Switzerland, Austria, England, Norway and the United States. He was granted French citizenship in 1985. |
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1978 |
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Deprived of his Russian citizenship and forced into exile he moves in Paris |
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Lives and works in Paris |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Intimate Diaries, Barbarian Art Gallery, Zurich |
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2008 |
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"Oscar Rabine Three Lives" The Tretyakov Gallery welcomes visitors to the exhibition timed to the 80th anniversary since the birth of the classic of Soviet non-conformist art. (solo) |
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2008 |
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Oscar Rabin, Musée d'art et d'archéologie du Périgord, Périgueux, France (solo) |
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2007 |
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Oscar Rabin, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (solo) |
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2004 |
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Forty Years On, Peter Nahum at the Leicester Galleries, London |
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2004 |
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Portraits, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York
Oscar Rabine, Lydia Masterkova, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York. |
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2001 |
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Eric de Montbel Gallery, Paris |
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2001 |
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Oscar Rabine, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York. Catalogue Published. |
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2000 |
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Bar-Gera Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Verona, Italy |
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2000 |
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Another Art Museum, Moscow University, Moscow |
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2000 |
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Koln Markisches Museum, der Stadt Witten, Germany |
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2000 |
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Garonne Festival, Toulouse, France |
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2000 |
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Galleria d’Arte Moderna LeContemporanea-palazzo Forti, Verona, Italia
Festival Garonne – 2000, Toulouse, France
Koln Markisches Museum, der Stadt Witten, Germany |
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2000 |
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Oscar Rabine, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York. |
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1999 |
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Nudes, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York
Frederick R Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Oxford, Ohio
State Russian Museum, “Russian Avant-Garde after the War”, St. Petersburg
Graphische Sammelung “Albertina” Autriche, Wein, Germany |
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1999 |
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Miami University Art Museum, USA |
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1999 |
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Kunst undergrund, Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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1999 |
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Game and Passion, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg |
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1998 |
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A Tribute to Oscar Rabine and ValentinaKropivnitskaia, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York |
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1998 |
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Williamson Gallery, Art Centre of Design, Pasadena |
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1998 |
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Lianozovo Group, Beginning and Life, Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow |
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1998 |
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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1998 |
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Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, Hessenhuis Antwerpen Stad, Antwerpen, Belgium |
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1998 |
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Exhibtion at the Heinrich Heine Institute, Dusseldorf, Germany |
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1998 |
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Mimi-Fertz Gallery, New York |
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1998 |
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“A Tribute to Oscar Rabine, and Valentina Kropivnitskaia”. Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York
Williamson Gallery, Art Center of Design, Pasadena
State Tretyakov Gallery, Lianozovo Group: “Beginnings and Lives”, Moscow
Stedelijk Museum, Pays-Bus, Amsterdam
Non-Conformistiche kunst uit de sovjet-unie Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
Eine Ausstellung im Henrich Heine-Institute, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Yager Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York |
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1997 |
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The Harmony of the Opposites, Russian Academy of Arts and Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow |
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1997 |
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Celebrating the Still-life, Mimi Ferzt Gallery New York |
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1997 |
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Cultural Centre of Russia, Paris |
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1997 |
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State Museum of Literature, Moscow |
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1997 |
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Eugene Noutovitch Collection, Pouchkine Museum, Moscow |
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1996 |
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Facing History: 1933-1996, Georges Pompidou Centre |
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1996 |
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The Nonconformists: Second Russian Avant-garde : 1955-1988, Bar-Gera Collection, Russian Museum, St-Petersburg; Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow |
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1996 |
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Municipal Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany |
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1996 |
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National Jewish Museum, Washington DC |
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1996 |
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State Russian Museum, St-Petersburg |
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1996 |
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Jewish Museum, New York |
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1996 |
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Cultural Circle of European Institutions, Luxembourg |
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1996 |
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Esch Theatre Gallery, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
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1995 |
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Moscow Group, Neuhoff Gallery, New York |
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1995 |
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The Glezer Collection, Pouchkine Museum, Moscow |
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1995 |
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The Jewish Artists from 1890 to 1990, Jewish Museum, New York |
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1995 |
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From Goulag to Glasnost, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Norton Dodge Collection, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA |
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1995 |
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Maillol Museum, Dina Vierny Foundation, Paris |
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1994 |
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Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany |
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1994 |
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Marie-Therèse Cochin Gallery, Paris |
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1994 |
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Lianozovo Group, The Artists’ Central House, Moscow |
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1994 |
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The George Riabov Collection of Russian Art, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA |
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1993 |
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From Malevitch to Kabakov, Die Sammlung, Koln |
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1993 |
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State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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1992 |
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Le Monde de l’Art Gallery, Paris |
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1992 |
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Musée de Setavaga, Tokyo, Japon |
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1992 |
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Neizvestny-Rabine-Tselkov, Le Monde de L’Art, Paris |
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1991 |
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Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow |
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1991 |
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Lianozovo Group, Literarature Museum, Moscow |
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1991 |
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The Artists’ Central House, Moscow |
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1991 |
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Gallery Marie-Therese Cochin, Paris |
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1991 |
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Literature Museum, Moscow |
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1990 |
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Transit Exhibition, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York; The State Russian Museum, St-Petersburg |
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1990 |
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From Chagall to Tokyo, Barbican Centre, London |
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1990 |
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Another Art, 1956-1976, Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow |
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1990 |
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Holts Halversens Gallery, Oslo |
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1989 |
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Salon des Indépendants, Paris |
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1989 |
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Marie-Thérèse Cochin Gallery, Paris |
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1988 |
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Judische Gemende zu Berlin, Berlin |
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1987 |
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Salon des Indépendants, Paris |
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1987 |
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Dagmar Mölman Gallery, Ratingen, Germany |
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1987 |
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Hittite gallery, Toronto, Canada |
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1986 |
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Edouard Nakhamkin Gallery, New York |
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1986 |
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Weingarten Akademie der Diöcese, Rottenburg, Stuttgart, Kirchpartz, Allemagne |
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1986 |
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Galerie Nakhamkin, New York, USA |
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1985 |
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Gallery Holst Halversens, Oslo, Norway |
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1985 |
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Miro-Spizman Gallery, London |
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1985 |
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Paris Academy, Paris |
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1985 |
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Salon d’Automne, Paris |
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1984 |
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35th Young Painters Exhibition, Paris |
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1984 |
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Vosstor gallery, Goch, Germany |
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1984 |
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Three Russians, Art Centre, Montbeliard, France |
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1984 |
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Russian Expression and Surrealism today, Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Exile, Jersey City, USA |
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1984 |
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Unofficial Russian Art, Meerbuscher Kultursomer, Meerbusch, Germany |
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1984 |
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Russians at Present, Marie-Therese Gallery, Paris |
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1984 |
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Ten Years ago : Tenth Anniversary of the Bulldozer Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Exile, Jersey City, USA |
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1984 |
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Galerie Marie-Therese Cochin, Paris |
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1984 |
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Museum of Modern Russian Art, Jersey City, NJ |
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1983 |
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Steink Gallery, Vienna |
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1983 |
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The Russian Portrait, Still-life and Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Montgeron, F |
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1982 - 1983 |
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Oscar Rabine, Valentina Kropivnitskaïa, Alexandre Rabine, Chantepierre Gallery, Aubonne, Switzerland |
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1982 - 1983 |
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The Russian Still-life and Portrait, Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Exile, Jersey City, USA |
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1982 |
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Lianozovo Group, Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Montgeron, France; Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Exile, Jersey City, USA |
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1982 |
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Russian Artists from Paris, La Clé de l’Art Gallery, Geneva |
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1982 |
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Chantepierre Gallery, Aubonne, Switzerland |
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1982 |
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Galerie Holst Halversens, Oslo. Norway. |
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1981 - 1982 |
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Twenty-five Years of Soviet Union Unofficial Art: 1956-1981, Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Montgeron, France |
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1981 - 1982 |
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Russian Artists from Paris, Chantepierre Gallery, Aubonne, Switzerland |
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1981 |
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Virus Gallery, Lausanne |
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1981 |
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Twenty-five Years of Soviet Union Unofficial Art: 1956-1981, Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art, Jersey City, USA |
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1981 |
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Christmas Exhibition Inter-Art Reich Gallery, Köln |
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1981 |
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Chantepierre Gallery, Aubonne, Switzerland |
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1980 - 1981 |
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French Association Fair, Contemporary Art Outcome, Congress Centre Quebec |
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1980 |
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The Coliseum, New York, USA |
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1980 |
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First Russian Art Biennale, Vesine, France |
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1980 |
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Seventy-five Years of Russian Painting in Paris, Chantepierre Gallery, Aubonne, Switzerland |
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1980 |
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Nonconformist Russian Art, Exhibition Galleries, Vancouver, Canada |
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1980 |
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Unofficial Soviet Art Museum, Jersey City, USA |
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1980 |
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Russian Painters in Villandry, Chateau de Villandry, France |
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1980 |
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Unofficial Russian Art, Fieristico Fair, Rimini, Italy |
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1980 |
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Unofficial Soviet Artists, Hols Halvorsesns Kunsthandel AS, Oslo |
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1979 |
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Moscow-Paris Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Montgeron, France |
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1979 |
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Russians in Paris, Bellint Gallery |
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1979 |
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13th Fair of Mayenne, France |
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1979 |
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Contemporary Russian Art, Moscow-Petersburg Gallery, Paris |
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1979 |
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Moscow-Paris Exhibition, Katia Granoff Gallery, Paris |
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1979 |
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27th Sacred Art Fair, Paris |
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1979 |
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Four Russian Artists, Berau Gallery, Uhlingen-Berau, Germany |
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1979 |
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The World through the Eyes of Russians, Moscow-Peterburg Gallery, Paris |
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1978 |
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Modern Unofficial Soviet Art, Municipal Museum, Tokyo |
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1978 |
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New Art from the Soviet Union, The Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC; Kiplinger Editors Building, New York; The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York |
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1978 |
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New Russian Art, Biennale of Turin |
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1978 |
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26th Sacred Art Fair, Luxembourg Museum, Paris |
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1978 |
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Russian Unofficial Art, Laval Museum; Beaux-Art Museum of Tours, France |
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1978 |
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Ten Russian Dissidents, Kunstamt Charlottenburg, Berlin |
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1977 |
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Russian Nonconformist Artists, Contemporary Art Institute, London |
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1977 |
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Katia Granoff Gallery, Paris |
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1977 |
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New Soviet Art, Biennale, Venice |
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1977 |
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Galerie Jaquester, Paris |
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1976 |
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New Realities Fair, Paris |
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1976 |
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Contemporary Russian Painting, Congress House, Paris |
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1976 |
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Russian Museum in Exile, Montgeron, France |
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1976 |
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International Art Fair, Toulon, France |
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1976 |
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The Religious Movement in USSR, Parkway Focus Gallery, London |
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1976 |
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Alternatives, Kunstverein, Esslingen, Germany |
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1975 |
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Eight Painters from Moscow, Grenoble Museum, France |
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1974 |
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Progressive tendencies in Moscow, Bochum Museum, Germany |
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1974 |
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Bulldozers Exhibition, Moscow |
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1974 |
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Four Hours of Freedom, Autumn Open Air Exhibition, Moscow |
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1973 |
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The Russian Avant-Garde from Moscow, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris |
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1971 |
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Ten Artists from Moscow, Koobenhavns Kommunes Kulturfond, Copenhagen |
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1970 |
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New tendencies in Moscow, Museo Belle Arti, Lugano |
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1970 |
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A. Smirnov and the Russian Avant-Garde from Moscow, Kunstgalerie Villa Eglie-Keller, Zurich |
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1969 |
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The New School of Moscow, Gallery Pananti, Florence |
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1969 |
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Institute of World Economics and International Relations, Moscow |
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1969 |
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The New School of Moscow, Interior Gallery, Frankfurt; Behr Gallery, Stuttgart |
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1967 |
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Chaussée Entuziastov, Druzhba Club, Moscow |
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1967 |
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Paintings and Drawings, A. Glezer Collection, Georgian Artists’ Union, Tbilisi |
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1967 |
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Sixteen Years of Russian Art, Vincent Price Gallery, Chicago |
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1967 |
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Fifteen Young Moscow Painters, Gallery Il Segno, Rome |
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1967 |
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A Survey of Russian Painting, Fifteen Century to the Present, Gallery of Modern Art, New York |
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1967 |
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New Paintings from USSR, Galerie Maison de la Tour, St-Restitut, France |
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1966 |
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Sixteen Moscow Painters, Nineteenth Festival of Fine Arts, Sopot-Poznan, Poland |
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1965 |
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Fielding Collection of Russian Art, Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco |
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1965 |
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Grosvenor Gallery, London |
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1957 |
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Sixth World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow |
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Literature |
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L’artiste et les bulldozers, être peintre en URSS, (The artist and the bulldozers, being an artist in USSR) Oscar Rabine (in collaboration with Claude Day), Paris, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1981. |
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