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1891 Brno, Czechoslovakia - 1975 Jerusalem, Israel. Known for: Expressive landscape, desert scenes and still life painting.
Jewish Ideas Daily: The Stoic Vision of Ludwig Blum by Aryeh Tepper, December 19, 2011. Sometimes an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and fellow artists because the artist... Read full biography
Jewish Ideas Daily: The Stoic Vision of Ludwig Blum by Aryeh Tepper, December 19, 2011. Sometimes an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and fellow artists because the artist appeals to a popular taste that is simply unrefined. Sometimes, though, the public is on to something... Read full biography
Jewish Ideas Daily: The Stoic Vision of Ludwig Blum by Aryeh Tepper, December 19, 2011. Sometimes an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and fellow artists because the artist appeals to a popular taste that is simply unrefined. Sometimes, though, the public is on to something that the cultural elites miss because they’re too sophisticated for their own good. The career of Israeli painter Ludwig Blum (1891–1974) is an example of the latter. Blum was extremely popular with... Read full biography
Jewish Ideas Daily: The Stoic Vision of Ludwig Blum by Aryeh Tepper, December 19, 2011. Sometimes an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and fellow artists because the artist appeals to a popular taste that is simply unrefined. Sometimes, though, the public is on to something that the cultural elites miss because they’re too sophisticated for their own good. The career of Israeli painter Ludwig Blum (1891–1974) is an example of the latter. Blum was extremely popular with the Israeli public during his lifetime; he was recognized as “Yakir Yerushalayim,” an honored citizen of Jerusalem, in 1968. While his critics and fellow painters were less impressed, Blum just did his own thing, never joining any of the numerous... Read full biography
Jewish Ideas Daily: The Stoic Vision of Ludwig Blum by Aryeh Tepper, December 19, 2011. Sometimes an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and fellow artists because the artist appeals to a popular taste that is simply unrefined. Sometimes, though, the public is on to something that the cultural elites miss because they’re too sophisticated for their own good. The career of Israeli painter Ludwig Blum (1891–1974) is an example of the latter. Blum was extremely popular with the Israeli public during his lifetime; he was recognized as “Yakir Yerushalayim,” an honored citizen of Jerusalem, in 1968. While his critics and fellow painters were less impressed, Blum just did his own thing, never joining any of the numerous artistic movements that characterize the Israeli art scene, and painting what he liked instead of what the critics wanted. The cr... Read full biography
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Jewish Ideas Daily: The Stoic Vision of Ludwig Blum by Aryeh Tepper, December 19, 2011
Sometimes an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and fellow artists because the artist appeals to a popular taste that is simply unrefined. Sometimes, though, the public is on to something that the cultural elites miss because they’re too sophisticated for their own good. The career of Israeli painter Ludwig Blum (1891–1974) is an example of the latter.
Blum was extremely popular with the Israeli public during his lifetime; he was recognized as “Yakir Yerushalayim,” an honored citizen of Jerusalem, in 1968. While his critics and fellow painters were less impressed, Blum just did his own thing, never joining any of...But wait, there's more...
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