Benjamin D. Kopman (Russian-American, 1887-1965), Rider, Figures, and Dog

Watercolor, gouache, and crayon on paper, 1960, signed and dated at upper left, framed below glass.

Sight size 13 x 15 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 21 x 23 1/2 in.

From a Private Collection, Frankfort, Kentucky

Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk, Russia, one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe at the time. At 16 years old, he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1903. Kopman was first tutored by Abel Pan in New York who had studied at the Yehdua Penn's Vitebsk Academy. In 1905, Kopman enrolled at the National Academy of Art. His first prestigious exhibition was at the Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1914. Kopman worked for the WPA as an artist during the Great Depression. He also had solo exhibitions at the New Art Circle in 1937, ACA Galleries in 1945, Phillips Memorial Gallery in Washington D.C., among several others.

Kopman's work is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and many others.

Good estate condition, not examined outside the frame.