Lawrence Kupferman was born in the Boston area, and he became one of the most important abstract artists to emerge from there in the early 1940s. Kupferman worked as an artist for the WPA in the 1930s, developing a strictly realistic style that depicted Victorian houses and other detailed architectural images.
Around 1943, Kupferman began to integrate more expressionistic forms into his works. He soon moved completely away from the recognizable subject matter and definitively became an abstract painter. In 1946, he studied with the influential German-born artist Karl Zerbe at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Kupferman later attended the Massachusetts College of Art, where he would become a professor and retire as its Head of Painting in 1969. His focus, as it would remain until the late 1960s, was on abstract, marine-like amoeboid forms—intimated, rather than strictly described.
Kupferman was an active participant in a huge thrust in Boston art in the 1940s to create a vibrant art scene that rivaled New York. He has been appropriately credited with bringing Abstract Expressionism to Boston, serving as a critical artistic conduit to New York painters such as Mark Rothko and Hans Hofmann, contacts he made in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he spent his summers beginning in 1946. Kupferman’s unique brand of abstraction integrated with the already burgeoning figurative expressionism in Boston, and he showed at the Boris Mirksi Gallery, arguably the most important Boston gallery at the time. He served as the Chair of the Modern Artists Group and is considered one of the major Boston artists whose numerous exhibitions throughout the world helped establish that city as a vital art scene.
KUPFERMAN American Abstract 1959 Expressionist Painting
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Kupferman (1909-1982) is an American Abstract painter and founder of the Boston Expressionist school. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Mu...
Oil
KUPFERMAN 1969 American Abstract Treescape
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Kupferman (1909-1982) is an American Abstract painter and founder of the Boston Expressionist school. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Mu...
Linen, Acrylic
Oliviers
By Roger Mühl
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, titled and inventoried verso. 19.75 x 21 in. 23.25 x 24.25 in. (framed) ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,950
H 25.79 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
“So Plant, So Animal” (Animalia, Fuana, Bold Graphic, Abstract, Neutral, Framed)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
Bold yet delicately portrayed, "So Plant, So Animal I" is an abstract piece framed to perfection, offering a timeless neutral color palette. The central theme captures the essence of...
Acrylic, Linen, Wood, India Ink
$850
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.79 in
"Many For The Empath" (abstract, flora, fauna, roses, oil painting, green, pink)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
MANY FOR THE EMPATH 2026 Paris, France This complex and layered floral painting of an abundant, overflowing bouquet presents an energetic and mesmerizing subject. This original mixe...
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
$1,950
H 25.79 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
“So Plant, So Animal II” (Animalia, Fuana, Bold, Graphic, Abstract, Neutral)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
Bold yet delicately portrayed, "So Plant, So Animal II" is an abstract piece framed to perfection, offering a timeless neutral color palette. The central theme captures the essence o...
Linen, Wood, India Ink, Acrylic
$1,755Sale Price|35% Off
H 48.04 in W 72.05 in D 1.58 in
Large scale abstract impressionist ocean waters painting aqua blue coastal
By Kathleen Rhee
Located in COOMERA, QLD
Living on the Australian coastline and ocean shores my days are inspired by the natural beauty of our waters. I find peace, calm, harmony .... that is what pushes me to paint! This ...
Raw Linen, Acrylic
$1,366
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in
Holy Split I Mixed Media Original Painting on Canvas, Abstract Landscape, 2026
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
HOLY SPLIT I 2026 Paris, France HOLY SPLIT I is an ethereal mixed medium painting on canvas depicting a surreal dreamlike rift in a serene landscape. Abstract fuchsia forms suggesti...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil
$3,500
H 24 in W 38 in
Contemporary Expressionist Oil Painting Mixed Media Great Colors Linen
By Jeffrey Vincent
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media painting on raw linen by American contemporary conceptual painter Jeffrey Vincent.
Raw Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$350
H 9.45 in W 6.3 in D 0.79 in
"Straights" (Flora, Original Floral Contemporary Painting, Flowers, Dark, Black)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
Straights 2025 Paris, France This abstract oil painting depicts delicate botanical forms rising on slender stems against a deep black background. Natural and beige tones define the ...
Linen, Oil
$550
H 16.15 in W 10.63 in D 0.79 in
"Wraiths Petals" (abstract, dark, flora, floral landscape, black, pink, green)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
WRAITHS, PETALS 2024 Paris, France "Wraiths, Petals" is a dark, flora, atmospheric painting that blends organic forms with abstraction. Created using a mix of oil paint, oil stick, ...
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
$11,573
H 36 in W 36 in D 2 in
Blue Yonder-Monroe Hodder, American, Abstract, Bold, Modern, Red, Blue, Oil
By Monroe Hodder
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Blue Yonder is an original oil over acrylic on canvas painting by American artist Monroe Hodder. Hodder’s abstract paintings are gloriously bold. Inspired by the urban backdrops of h...
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
$450
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
"Rosettes III" (animalia, fauna, original abstract painting, bold, natural)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
"Rosettes III" is a graphic and bold abstract painting, of terracotta oil paint on canvas. The name pays homage to the captivating "rosettes," the distinctive and natural markings fo...
Linen, Oil
$28,500
H 60 in W 200 in D 2.5 in
Carolina Ponte - Crochet (Abstract Painting Large Scale)
By Carolina Ponte
Located in New York City, NY
CAROLINA PONTE Crochet, 2016 60 x 200 inches (150 x 500 cm) Acrylic on Linen Magnificent Acrylic Painting on Linen. Unique. The extended present time...
Linen, Acrylic
$500
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.79 in
"Eve Of Parting" (contemporary, abstract, original, dark, warm, oil, black, red)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
EVE OF PARTING 2025 Paris, France This painting captures a fleeting moment of emergence and disappearance, a pale, flame-like form rising from a field of deep shadow and crimson. Th...
Linen, Dye, Oil
Blue triptych - 1998
By Pascal Magis
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Pascal MAGIS (Aurillac 1955 - Meyrals 2011) Blue triptych - 1998 Oil on canvas H. 150 cm; L. 250 cm (2 panels of 50 cm wide, and the central panel of 150 cm wide) Signed lower right ...
Canvas, Oil
$7,250
H 32 in W 46 in D 1 in
"Untitled 4" Abstract Acrylic on linen Painting 32'x46' inch by Hossam Dirar
By Hossam Dirar
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4" Abstract Acrylic on linen Painting 32'x46' inch by Hossam Dirar Acrylic on linen canvas CHAOS This project is a representation of the life around me right now. All t...
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
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H 28 in W 41.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Painting 1959 "Aspects Of Spring 2"
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Mixed Media Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 28" x 41 1/2" Mixed Media painting on paper. Lawrence Kupferman had a...
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache