Bloomfield
Type:Drawing
Year:1922
Size:5.00" x 6.50"
Medium:Pencil
Signed:Inscribed
Oscar Bluemner ART FOR SALE
1867 Prenzlau, Germany - 1938 Braintree, Massachusetts. Known for: Modernist architecture painting, landscape, colorist.
Born near Hanover, Germany, Oscar Bluemner early followed in the architectural careers of his father and grandfather. In the early 1880s, he studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of... Read full biography
Born near Hanover, Germany, Oscar Bluemner early followed in the architectural careers of his father and grandfather. In the early 1880s, he studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of Design in Berlin and then traveled to America hoping unsuccessfully for an architectural commission... Read full biography
Born near Hanover, Germany, Oscar Bluemner early followed in the architectural careers of his father and grandfather. In the early 1880s, he studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of Design in Berlin and then traveled to America hoping unsuccessfully for an architectural commission with the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago. He did win a competition in 1900 for the design of the courthouse in Bronx, New York, but his partner stole the commission from him. Eventually he won a... Read full biography
Born near Hanover, Germany, Oscar Bluemner early followed in the architectural careers of his father and grandfather. In the early 1880s, he studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of Design in Berlin and then traveled to America hoping unsuccessfully for an architectural commission with the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago. He did win a competition in 1900 for the design of the courthouse in Bronx, New York, but his partner stole the commission from him. Eventually he won a lawsuit against the partner, but by then he had turned to painting and away from architecture. Bluemner first adopted the impressionist style and urban subject matter of Maurice Prendergast, but after a trip to Europe, his style changed drastically to... Read full biography
Born near Hanover, Germany, Oscar Bluemner early followed in the architectural careers of his father and grandfather. In the early 1880s, he studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of Design in Berlin and then traveled to America hoping unsuccessfully for an architectural commission with the 1893 World Exposition in Chicago. He did win a competition in 1900 for the design of the courthouse in Bronx, New York, but his partner stole the commission from him. Eventually he won a lawsuit against the partner, but by then he had turned to painting and away from architecture. Bluemner first adopted the impressionist style and urban subject matter of Maurice Prendergast, but after a trip to Europe, his style changed drastically to that which was geometric and reflected Cubism and Futurism. His work was well received by the critics, especially... Read full biography
Oscar Bluemner - Art for Sale (6 available)
La Delaware
Type:Painting
Year:circa 1918
Size:3.25" x 5.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Signed with monogrammed initials OFB, lower left; inscribed with title, lower center
Bloomfield
Type:Drawing
Year:1916
Size:5.00" x 6.00"
Medium:Pencil
Signed:Lower Right
Patterson New Jersey Street Scene
Type:Drawing
Year:1914
Size:7.00" x 5.00"
Medium:Crayon
Signed:Signed
Belleville
Type:Drawing
Year:June 20, 1917
Size:4.70" x 6.00"
Medium:Crayon
Signed:Monogram
The Plane Canal, N. Bloomfield
Type:Painting
Year:1921
Size:6.75" x 4.25"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
signed with monogramed initials OFB, lower right; dated Blmfld 24 31-21, lower center; inscribed with title on the reverse