Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk, Russia, in 1887 and emigrated to the United States in 1903. Two years later, he enrolled at the National Academy of Design and earned his first major exhibition in 1914 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He achieved both commercial and critical success throughout the next decades, working both as a Works Progress Administration and commercial artist and as an exhibitor in solo and group shows. His paintings and prints are easily recognizable. Many of his subjects are of fellow immigrants, striking in their plainness and their ordinary activities. He paints in an almost primitive, cartoonish manner, using heavy black outlines that suggest the influence of Rousseau and Roualt. Kopman's work is held in the collections of many institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
1930s Ashcan School Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Gouache, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph
1930s Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Mixed Media
1910s Art Deco Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
2010s Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Wax Crayon
1920s Ashcan School Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Graphite
1930s Art Deco Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
1920s Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal
1870s Realist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
1920s Ashcan School Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Crayon
1960s Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Charcoal
Early 20th Century Ashcan School Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink
1930s Art Deco Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
2010s Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Emulsion, Dye Transfer, Lithograph, Monotype
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Benjamin Kopman Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lithograph