Benjamin Kopman, Far Rockaway (1956)

Description This is an impressionistic street scene of Far Rockaway, Queens rendered in deep, vivid colors in an oil on canvas by the artist Benjamin Kopman. This was purchased from a decommissioning of works by the Amity Arts Foundation and is in its likely original ornate carved gilt wood frame. It is a show stopper, especially for all you New Yorkers out there... Details Benjamin Kopman (Russian/American, 1887-1965) Far Rockaway (1956) Oil on canvas Signed and dated in lower right hand corner 33" x 38" (overall) in likely original carved gilt wood frame with recently replaced linen liner.  Condition notes: Frame has minor gilt loss but is in overall very good condition.  Paint is substantially stable and intact, possible few specks of paint loss, seemingly in top center (sky) of painting.  Not examined under black light. About the Artist Painter, graphic artist and illustrator Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk, Russia in 1897 and emigrated to the United States in 1903. Two y