biography of Leo RABKIN (1919-2015)

Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio

Addresses: New York, NY

Profession: Sculptor, painter

Studied: Univ Cincinnati; NY Univ; also with Iglehart, Tony Smith & Baziotes.

Exhibited: Seven Painting & Sculpture Biennials, Whitney Mus Am Art, 1959-1969; three-man show, New Talents, MOMA, 1960; Light/Motion/Space, Walker Art Ctr, Minneapolis, Minn, 1967; A Plastic Presence, San Francisco Mus Art, Milwaukee Art Ctr & Jewish Mus, 1970; Retrospective, Storm King Art Ctr, Mountainville, NY, 1970. Awards: Ford Found Award for Watercolor, 1961; First prize for watercolor, Silvermine Guild Artists, 1961; popular award for sculpture, First Ann Westchester, 1967.

Member: Am Abstr Artists (pres, 1964-); US Comn Int Asn Art (secy, 1968-1970); Fine Arts Fedn New York (mem bd dirs, 1970-); Sculptors Guild; Fedn Mod Painters & Sculptors.

Work: MOMA, New York, NY; Whitney Mus Am Art, New York; Solomon R Guggenheim Mus, New York; NC Mus Art, Raleigh; Brooklyn Art Mus, NY.

Comments: Preferred Media: Sculptural Constructions. Publications: Ed, American Abstract artists, 1936-1966. Collection: Whirligigs; Shaker furniture and tools; American primitive toys and dolls.

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