Samuel Rabin (Artist) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Samuel (Sam) Rabin, originally Samuel Rabinovitch, (20 June 1903-20 December 1991) was an English sculptor, artist, teacher, singer, wrestler and olympic bronze medalist. During his childhood, the family moved to Salford where Rabin grew up and where his parents encouraged his talent for drawing. In 1914 Rabin won a scholarship to the Manchester Municipal School of Art making him, at the age of 11, the youngest pupil ever to attend the college. There he was taught drawing by French artist Adolphe Valette. In 1921 he moved to the Slade School of Fine Art in London where he continued his studies under Henry Tonks until 1924. In about 1935, Rabin married Ida Lily Shuster, but they were divorced. In 1956, he married Frances Kaye (formerly Lucienne Karpeles, 1917-1988). The couple had one son, David, born in 1960.