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Norman Raeben (1901 - 12 December 1978) was an American
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 painter.

He was born in Russia
Russia

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, the youngest of the six children of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem was the pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich, the popular humorist and Imperial Russia Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including novels, short stories, and Play ....
, whose most famous character Tevye the Milkman gave the blueprint for the musical Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical theatre with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905....
. The pen-name 'Raeben' is probably derived from his family-name 'Rabinowitz'.

Raeben moved to New York City
New York City

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 with his family in 1914. He studied painting from Robert Henri
Robert Henri

Robert Henri was an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art....
, George Luks
George Luks

George Benjamin Luks, was an United States American realism, an illustrator and Genre works Painting....
 and John French Sloan
John French Sloan

John French Sloan was a United States artist. As a member of The Eight, a group of American artists, he became a leading figure in the Ashcan School of Realism artists....
, who all belonged to the Ashcan School
Ashcan School

The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, is defined as a Realism artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early twentieth century, best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York City's poorer neighborhoods....
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Norman Raeben (1901 - 12 December 1978) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 painter.

He was born in Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, the youngest of the six children of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem was the pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich, the popular humorist and Imperial Russia Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including novels, short stories, and Play ....
, whose most famous character Tevye the Milkman gave the blueprint for the musical Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical theatre with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905....
. The pen-name 'Raeben' is probably derived from his family-name 'Rabinowitz'.

Raeben moved to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 with his family in 1914. He studied painting from Robert Henri
Robert Henri

Robert Henri was an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art....
, George Luks
George Luks

George Benjamin Luks, was an United States American realism, an illustrator and Genre works Painting....
 and John French Sloan
John French Sloan

John French Sloan was a United States artist. As a member of The Eight, a group of American artists, he became a leading figure in the Ashcan School of Realism artists....
, who all belonged to the Ashcan School
Ashcan School

The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, is defined as a Realism artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early twentieth century, best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York City's poorer neighborhoods....
. His studio was on the 11th floor of Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue , occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street , two blocks south of Central Park....
.

His students include Bob Dylan, Bernice Sokol Kramer, Carolyn Schlam, Andrew Gottlieb, Janet Cohn, John Smith, Diana Postel, Lori Lerner and Rosalyn (Roz) Jacobs. Raeben's mission was to teach the art of painting through intuition and feeling, instead of through conceptualization. During the seventies, his inspiring lessons ran counter to the then prevalent conceptualism of contemporary mainstream art. Bob Dylan was mystified, at first, by Norman's didactic insistence on perceptual honesty, i.e. on not exaggerating the truth of what was seen, when first learning the basics of drawing.

"Bob", Norman said, "look at that round coffee table. Now, show me how you would paint it."

He died of a heart attack in the lobby of his apartment.

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