Moshe Kupferman was born in Poland in 1926. For some months, his family was living under the occupation, and later, along with most of the Jewish population, they were deported.  

After the end of the war, Kupferman and his sister went back to Poland. He decided to join the “Dror Movement” and moved to a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany. By the year 1948, he decided to settle in Israel. One year after, together with his wife and other members, they took possession of a land and founded Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot. They had an essential role in building it. While working there, he would also spend half of his time painting. In 1967 he decided to dedicate all his time to his art.

 

He was and autodidact. He never had formal art education till 1950, where he joined an art course instructed by Zaritsky and Steimatzky.

There were many important factors in his life such as the deportation, the loss of his family, the survival and building of a new place, that have been present in his work. During 1975 he spent some months in New York, where he had an individual exhibition at Bertha Urdang Gallery. This time allowed him to be exposed to the world of art, by meeting several artists and art critics.

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Moshe Kupferman had both individual and group exhibitions during the years, he exhibited in important galleries and museums, and won several prizes.

 

He kept painting at his workshop, until one month before he died. He passed away in 2003.