Sohrab Rabie left behind a busy career life in Los Angeles, California in 1998 and moved to the tranquil setting of Vancouver Island, Canada, where he began to fulfill his lifelong dream of being an artist.

Born in Tehran in 1963, Sohrab spent his childhood in Iran and moved to Canada at the age of twelve. The philosophy behind his painting is greatly influenced and inspired by the culture of his roots.

During a trip to Iran, Sohrab visited the Farshchian Gallery at the Sa'adabad Palace Museum in Tehran. He felt an immediate connection to Farshchian's Persian miniature style and began art classes with one of his most gifted students, Mohammad Khazaei. Sohrab feels this style is the best to his express his inner dreams and thoughts and to visualize his feelings. With his new found creative tools to express his views, Sohrab has embarked on a new life's journey. Sohrab's work can be seen in private collections throughout Canada, the United States and Iran.

Îñòàâèâ çàíÿòóþ êàðüåðîé æèçíü â Ëîñ-Àíäæåëåñå (Êàëèôîðíèÿ) â 1998 ãîäó, Ñîõðàá Ðàáè ïåðååõàë â ñïîêîéíîå ìåñòî îñòðîâà Âàíêóâåð (Êàíàäà), ãäå îí íà÷àë îñóùåñòâëÿòü ñâîþ çàâåòíóþ ìå÷òó ñòàòü õóäîæíèêîì.

Ðîäèâøèéñÿ â 1963 ãîäó â Òåãåðàíå, Ñîõðàá ïðîâåë ñâîå äåòñòâî â Èðàíå è çàòåì ïåðååõàë â Êàíàäó â âîçðàñòå 12 ëåò. Êóëüòóðà åãî êîðíåé ñèëüíî âîçäåéñòâîâàíà è âäîõíîâëåíà â ôèëîñîôèè åãî êàðòèí.

Âî âðåìÿ åãî ïóòåøåñòâèÿ â Èðàí, Ñîõðàá ïîñåòèë ãàëåðåþ Ôàðø÷èàí â Ìóçåå Ñààäàáàä Ïàëàñ â Òåãåðàíå. Îí ñðàçó ïî÷óâñòâîâàë ñâÿçü ê Ïåðñèäñêîìó ìèíèàòþðíîìó ñòèëþ Ôàðø÷èàí è íà÷àë çàíÿòèÿ èñêóññòâà ñ îäíèì èç åãî ñàìûõ òàëàíòëèâûõ ó÷åíèêîâ Ìîõàìàäîì Õàçàè. Ñîõðàá ïî÷óâñòâîâàë, ÷òî ýòîò ñòèëü ÿâëÿåòñÿ äëÿ íåãî ñàìûì ëó÷øèì, ÷òîáû âûðàçèòü ñâîþ âíóòðåííþþ ìå÷òó è ìûñëè è ïðåäñòàâëÿòü ñâîè ÷óâñòâà. Ñî ñâîèìè íîâûìè òâîð÷åñêèìè îðóäèÿìè äëÿ âûðàæåíèÿ ñâîèõ âçãëÿäîâ Ñîõðàá íà÷àë ñâîé íîâûé æèçíåííûé ïóòü.

Ïðîèçâåäåíèÿ Ñîõðàáà ìîæíî óâèäåòü â ÷àñòíûõ êîëëåêöèÿõ â Êàíàäå, ÑØÀ è Èðàíå.

Rabie Sohrab

Ðàáèè Ñîõðàá

4394 Emily Carr Drive

Victoria, British Columbia
V8X 5B5, Canada
Tel: (98-21) 228-5089

E-mail: sohrabrabie@hotmail.com


"Fond Memories" Acrylic, on matte board, 35 õ 50 cm, 2003

"Íåæíûå âîñïîìèíàíèÿ" Àêðèë, äåðåâî, 35 õ 50 ñì, 2003

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