Men Talking, Charles Rubin Oil on Board in Adirondack Frame new bedford sea moss I splurged on this one

I splurged on this one because I think it is so lovely

representing characters from black life as she saw it in her town

made by Creative Playthings in 1955

When I learned that it was used for polishing buttons

) but I believe this is quite old

Men Talking, Charles Rubin Oil on Board in Adirondack Frame new bedford sea moss I splurged on this oneThis 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