Born in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, Robert Frederick Blum was the son of German-American parents. He had much in common with several other leading artists associated with American... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, Robert Frederick Blum was the son of German-American parents. He had much in common with several other leading artists associated with American Impressionism, all of whom were from that city: John Twachtman, Ralph E. DeCamp, and Edward Potthast were... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, Robert Frederick Blum was the son of German-American parents. He had much in common with several other leading artists associated with American Impressionism, all of whom were from that city: John Twachtman, Ralph E. DeCamp, and Edward Potthast were all born in the 1850s, and each was a first-generation American whose parents had emigrated from Germany to Cincinnati. Their childhood experiences would have been similar, as they grew up in close... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, Robert Frederick Blum was the son of German-American parents. He had much in common with several other leading artists associated with American Impressionism, all of whom were from that city: John Twachtman, Ralph E. DeCamp, and Edward Potthast were all born in the 1850s, and each was a first-generation American whose parents had emigrated from Germany to Cincinnati. Their childhood experiences would have been similar, as they grew up in close proximity to one another in the city's boisterous German neighborhood. Twachtman and Blum knew each other as boys and shared an early enthusiasm for art. A painter and illustrator, Blum likely developed an interest in magazine illustration while an... Read full biography
Born in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, Robert Frederick Blum was the son of German-American parents. He had much in common with several other leading artists associated with American Impressionism, all of whom were from that city: John Twachtman, Ralph E. DeCamp, and Edward Potthast were all born in the 1850s, and each was a first-generation American whose parents had emigrated from Germany to Cincinnati. Their childhood experiences would have been similar, as they grew up in close proximity to one another in the city's boisterous German neighborhood. Twachtman and Blum knew each other as boys and shared an early enthusiasm for art. A painter and illustrator, Blum likely developed an interest in magazine illustration while an apprentice at Gibson & Co., lithographers in Cincinnati, during 1873 and 1874. He began drawing lessons at the... Read full biography
Robert Frederick Blum - Art for Sale (2 available)
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Japanese Street
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 1890-1892
Size:15.00" x 10.75"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Feliciano Nemicolo signed frame.
The Traghetto, Venice
Type:Painting
Size:9.25" x 13.63"
Medium:Watercolor and gouache
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper. Ref: #21644