Men Talking, Charles Rubin Oil on Board in Adirondack Frame new bedford sea moss With a lion

With a lion

) but I believe this is quite old

When I learned that it was used for polishing buttons

the sides feature paper litho designs of musicians in clown costumes as well as flowers

Men Talking, Charles Rubin Oil on Board in Adirondack Frame new bedford sea moss With a lionThis is the third painting by self taught artist Charles Rabin (1897 1983) I've found, and I'll keep snatching them up when I come across them. What I know about Rabin is that he did not begin painting until he was 70 (with paints left over from a paint by numbers kit), had no formal training and, as told by his family, was not studying the work of other artists. Born in Warsaw Poland, he emigrated to the U. S. by way of England as a young man and