Sam Rabin was a British artist, sculptor, teacher, and athlete born in Manchester in 1903 to Jewish-Russian exiles. He was the youngest person ever to attend the Manchester Municipal School of Art at age 11 and later studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Rabin was greatly influenced by Charles Despiau during his time in Paris. He was also an amateur wrestler and boxer, winning a bronze medal at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Rabin worked as a sculptor in London but struggled to find stable work and funded his artistic career through professional wrestling during the 1930s. He later taught drawing at various institutions, including Goldsmith's College of Art, Bournemouth College of Art, and the Poole Art Centre. His studen...