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 - Artist Info
About Oscar Bluemner: Books
Books & Publications (99)
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Cezanne and American Modernism (Exhibition catalog)
2010
Stavitsky, Gail; Katherine Rothkopf
372 pages (color)
Order and Intuition American Abstraction From The Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art, 1913-1954 (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Berman, Avis (Hollis Taggart Galleries)
120 pages (color)
A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island's North Fork
2008
Fleming, Geoffrey K. and Sara Evans (Southold Historical Society)
250 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Bluemner on Paper
2005
Barbara Mathes Gallery
48 pages (color)
Celebrating 25 Years Hollis Taggart Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Bullaudy, Vivian (Essay)
0 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Oscar Bluemner: A Daughter's Legacy, Selections from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collect (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Favis, Roberta Smith
96 pages (color)
Selections III Brock & Co.
2004
Hankin, Lisa Bush
47 pages (color)
Art for the New Collector III Re-Emerging American Artists (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Pyle, Amy (Spanierman Gallery)
68 pages (color)
American Modernism from the Kauffman Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Blazier, Wendy M
146 pages (color)
Dreams and Dramas: Moonlight and Twilight in American Art (Hollis Taggart Galleries) (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Leeds, Valerie (Essay)
88 pages (color)
Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights
2002
Komanecky, Michael K. (editor)
352 pages (color)
Inheriting Cubism: The Impact of Cubism on American Art, 1909-1936 Hollis Taggart Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Cauman, John (Essay); Stacey B. Epstein (Intro)
0 pages (color)
America Gone Modern: From the Twenties to the Sixties (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Spanierman Gallery
56 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Critical Issues in American Art A Book of Readings
1998
Calo, Mary Ann
328 pages
American Modernism and the German Avant Garde Concerning Expressionism (Exhibition catalog)