Benjamin Kopman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kopman, Benjamin, b. 1887
label: Names
content: Buck, Claude, 1890-1974
label: Names
content: Russman, Felix, 1888-1962
label: Names
content: Tofel, Jennings, 1891-1959
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- United States
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by Diana V. Link, daughter of Benjamin Kopman.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kopman, Benjamin, b. 1887
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, etcher, lithographer, illustrator, sculptor, writer; b. Dec. 25, 1887, Vitebsk, Russia; emigrated to U.S. in 1903; d. Dec. 3, 1965, Teaneck, N.J. Kopman's wife, Grace, was the sister of artist Claude Buck. Buck and Kopman were friends and fellow-students at the National Academy of Design. Emil Carlsen was one of their teachers. Kopman, Buck, Abraham Harriton and Jennings Tofel formed the "Introspective" group of subjectivist painters.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca.1903]-1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kopmbenj
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Art work by various artists; photographs of Kopman, his family and one of his works; reproductions of works; and exhibition catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Art works consist of an oil sketch of mice eating, probably by Claude Buck (1903); prints by Felix Russman, Jennings Tofel, James S. Hulme, Claude Buck, M. Rosenbloom, and unidentified artists; a sketch by Claude Buck of his father, W.R. Buck; an unidentified pencil sketch of a workman using a grindstone and a print of the same subject. Photographs show works by Kopman and an unidentified artist, and Kopman and his family in Haddam, Connecticut (1920). Other materials include reproductions of work by Kopman and Claude Buck, an exhibition catalog, Introspective Art, and an Emil Carlsen Memorial Exhibition catalog.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Benjamin Kopman papers also at Syracuse University.