Moshe Kupferman - Artist Info

About Moshe Kupferman

  • Biography

    A Holocaust survivor known for gestural abstract paintings, Moshe Kupferman was born in Jaroslav, Poland, and during World War II, spent time in Ural and Kazakhstan internment camps. He was the only member of his family to survive.

    In 1948, he settled permanently in Israel where he helped establish the country, especially Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot (Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz) where he lived, worked, and is buried. He died at age 77, survived by a wife, three daughters, and a son.

    Of his work, much influenced by his World War II imprisonment, he said: "First I put in emotion and expression. Then I cover it up. Then I put in silence."

    Exhibitions of his work were held at Paris' Musee Nati...

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