Benjamin D. Kopman (Russian-American), Nude Braiding Hair

gouache on paper, 1957, signed and dated at upper right, framed under glass.
Sheet sight 41 x 33 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 40 1/2 x 39 in.
Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk, Russia, one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe at the time. The 16-year-old emigrated with his family emigrated 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 Depression. He also had solo exhibitions at the New Art Circle in 1937, ACA Galleries in 1945, Phillips Memorial Gallery in Washington D.C., and 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.
From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Good estate condition, scattered spotting, not examined outside of frame.