Shapinsky is an American abstract expressionist artist.

(1925 Brooklyn/New York – 2004 Rockville/Maryland) Untitled (Untitled). The artist belongs to the group of American painters from the Abstract Expressionism movement. Shapinsky, a contemporary of Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko, studied at the art school "Subject of the Artist," founded by Motherwell and Rothko in 1948/49 in New York. In 1950, Shapinsky's works were included in the New Talent exhibition at the Kootz Gallery, organized by Motherwell. Despite a promising start, Shapinsky did not achieve success for decades and painted in the obscurity of his small Manhattan apartment. There, he could only work on small-scale paper canvases, unlike the large canvases that became synonymous with Abstract Expressionism. Only the chance discovery by Indian-born professor Akumal Ramachander and his dedicated efforts enabled Shapinsky to have his first major retrospective exhibition in 1985 at the prestigious Mayor Gallery in London, earning him belated recognition, and even Tate Gallery acquired one of his paintings as the first museum to make such a purchase. Oil on paper, mounted on canvas. Signed. Dimensions: 29 cm x 30.5 cm. Completed.