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Oil on canvas

theme of the overhead wires of the electric trains. the points International Youth Festival Exhibition held the following year in
lever and the trucks often came into the picture I was painting at Moscow and earned him a diploma of honour. This is still the
that time. And there were masses of cats in the village where I only time he has been shown in the USSR. Early on. little Katya
lived. We had a big tabby that we were very fond of too, and showed signs of following in her father's footsteps but her
whenever I could fit him or some of the other cats into a picture, enthusiasm waned and she became an interested spectator.
I did. They varied a lot in appearance in the pictures. Sometimes Sasha has no time for art. He prefers wrestling and chess.
they looked more like devils than anything else. sometimes they The railway themes died out of Rabin's paintings after 1959
looked like the lever that changes the railway points. sometimes because he changed his job for one in a decor and display studio.
they looked like curly signatures .. His regular work includes poster and advertisement designs and
In 1956 Rabin entered a number of competitions 'for young plans for window and exhibition layouts. He helped design the
artists' (under 35). One of his canvases was selected for the recent Soviet exhibitions in New York and London.
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