Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1955
Size:22.50" x 30.63"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Signed in ink on the reverse: bluhm ’55 / 22” x 30” / bluhm
Norman Bluhm ART FOR SALE
1921 Chicago, Illinois - 1999 East Wallingford, Vermont. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting- fantasy.
An Abstract Expressionist, Norman Bluhm was born in Chicago in 1921, although as a child he lived in Italy for eight years. His principle education was architecture, and he studied at the Illinois... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist, Norman Bluhm was born in Chicago in 1921, although as a child he lived in Italy for eight years. His principle education was architecture, and he studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology with Mies van der Rohe. He also studied briefly in Florence before moving to... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist, Norman Bluhm was born in Chicago in 1921, although as a child he lived in Italy for eight years. His principle education was architecture, and he studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology with Mies van der Rohe. He also studied briefly in Florence before moving to Paris in 1947 to continue studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he was exposed to the ideas of the Bauhaus philosophy of bringing together aesthetically arts and crafts. Prior to and after his... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist, Norman Bluhm was born in Chicago in 1921, although as a child he lived in Italy for eight years. His principle education was architecture, and he studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology with Mies van der Rohe. He also studied briefly in Florence before moving to Paris in 1947 to continue studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he was exposed to the ideas of the Bauhaus philosophy of bringing together aesthetically arts and crafts. Prior to and after his studies, Bluhm was a member of the Air Force and served in World War II. After World War II, he lived in Paris with other hopeful American writers and artists of the expatriate scene. There he developed an interest in nude painting. In 1956 he moved to... Read full biography
An Abstract Expressionist, Norman Bluhm was born in Chicago in 1921, although as a child he lived in Italy for eight years. His principle education was architecture, and he studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology with Mies van der Rohe. He also studied briefly in Florence before moving to Paris in 1947 to continue studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he was exposed to the ideas of the Bauhaus philosophy of bringing together aesthetically arts and crafts. Prior to and after his studies, Bluhm was a member of the Air Force and served in World War II. After World War II, he lived in Paris with other hopeful American writers and artists of the expatriate scene. There he developed an interest in nude painting. In 1956 he moved to New York. The Cedar Tavern was a favorite gathering place where he convened with other painters and writers, such as... Read full biography
Norman Bluhm - Art for Sale (3 available)
Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1968
Size:48.00" x 36.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Notes:
Signed and dated on verso
Untitled
Type:Painting
Year:1960
Size:19.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:Unique
Notes:
Oil painting on paper mounted on canvas, newly framed. Private NYC collection; directly from the artist. Very fine condition.