14 Facts About Lawrence Kupferman

Lawrence Kupferman was an American painter associated with the Boston Expressionist school in the early 1940s, and later, with Abstract Expressionism.

Lawrence Kupferman chaired the Painting Department at the Massachusetts College of Art, where he was known for introducing innovative practices and techniques.

Lawrence Kupferman's father was an Austrian Jewish immigrant who worked as a cigar maker.

Lawrence Kupferman's mother died in 1914, and five-year-old Lawrence was sent to live with his grandparents.

Antisemitism was pervasive in Boston at the time, and Lawrence Kupferman was bullied as a child.

Lawrence Kupferman attended the Boston Latin School and took part in the high school art program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Lawrence Kupferman returned briefly to the Museum School in 1946 to study with the influential German-American painter Karl Zerbe.

Lawrence Kupferman held various jobs while pursuing a career as an artist, including two years as a security guard at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

In 1948, Lawrence Kupferman was at the center of a controversy involving hundreds of Boston-area artists.

Lawrence Kupferman chaired the meeting and read a statement to the press:.

Lawrence Kupferman became a professor at the Massachusetts College of Art, and went on to chair its Painting Department.

Lawrence Kupferman died of Parkinson's disease in Boston on October 2,1982.

Lawrence Kupferman's work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Fogg Museum, and other museums and private collectors.

Lawrence Kupferman's papers are on file with the Archives of American Art and Syracuse University.