About Hyman Bloom

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    Following is the obituary of the artist, by Michael McNay, published October 12, 2009, online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/12/hyman-bloom-obituary. Courtesy Peter Kostoulakos.

    Hyman Bloom, who has died aged 96, was one of the last survivors of the thousands of artists who benefited from the patronage of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programme, the federal arts project. The project, one of several to aid the arts, ran from 1935 until 1943, and at its height employed 5,300 artists. Their most famous products were murals in schools, hospitals, sports centres and government offices, but Bloom was included in the easel painting programme. It kept the bailiff from the door.

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