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Hyman Bloom

Hyman Bloom (1913 - 2009) was active/lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire.  Hyman Bloom is known for Expressionist painting-allegory, religion.

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.

The federal director of the project, Holger Cahill, was the husband of Dorothy Miller, curator of paintings at the Museum of Modern Art (Moma) in New York. In 1942 Miller was putting together a survey of new American art when Cahill showed her Bloom's paintings. She incl   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8869 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Hyman Bloom

   Publications  Book References:  78
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Hyman Bloom
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Bloom's Way April 2003 Duncan, Michael Yes
78 Book References for Hyman Bloom
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Eitner, Lorenz (others) The Drawing Collection Stanford University Museum of Art 418 Yes
1993 Greenberg, Clement; Dr. John O'Brian, Editor Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism (4 Volumes) 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gustafson, Donna (others) Art What Thou Eat Images of Food in American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
191 Yes
1989 Coran, James/W A Nelson-Rees If Pictures Could Talk Stories About California Paintings 382 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Feldman, Edmund Burke Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition) 528 Yes
1987 Mecklenburg, Virginia Modern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
148 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Fleischman, Martha (Intro) Insights & Outlooks American 20th Century Watercolors & Drawings
(Exhibition catalog)
36 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Rose Art Museum Rose Art Museum Selected 20th Century Paintings 147 Yes
1984 Cummings, Paul Twentieth Century American Drawin The Figure in Context
(Exhibition catalog)
144 No
1984 Deak, Gloria-Gilda Kennedy Galleries Profiles of American Artists 288 No
1984 Glover, John/Townsend Wolfe Twentieth Century American Drawin from the Arkansas Arts Center
(Exhibition catalog)
95 No
1984 Kampf, Avram Jewish Experience In the Twentieth Century 240 Yes
1983 Stebbins, Theodore/C Troyen The Lane Collection 20th-Century Paintings in the American Tradition
(Exhibition catalog)
183 Yes
1982 Berman, Greta/Jeffrey Wechsler Realism and Realities The Other Side of American Painting 1940-1960
(Exhibition catalog)
195 Yes
1981 Gerdts, William H The Art of Healing, Medicine and Science in American Art (Birmingham Museum of Art)
(Exhibition catalog)
120 Yes
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Cloudman, Ruth H The Chosen Object European and American Still Life
(Exhibition catalog)
66 No
1977 Dillenberger, Jane & John Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth-Century American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
175 Yes
1977 Sawyer, Charles By the People, For the People New England (WPA artists)
(Exhibition catalog)
92 No
1976 Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay) Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum
(Exhibition catalog)
270 Yes
1976 Cummings, Paul American Drawings The 20th Century 207 No
1976 Milwaukee Art Center From Foreign Shores Three Centuries...Foreign Born American Masters
(Exhibition catalog)
186 Yes
1976 Stebbins, Theodore E American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper 464 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Schwartz, Barry The New Humanism Art in a Time of Change 192 Yes
1973 Onn, Gerald (Translator) Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art 0 No
1972 Fogg Art Museum, Harvard American Art at Harvard
(Exhibition catalog)
188 No
1971 Bell, David Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes) 2139 Yes
1970 Myers, Bernard S (editor) Encyclopedia of Painting (Painters of the World...etc) 511 Yes
1969 Brockton Art Center Three Centuries of New England Art From New England Museums 48 No
1969 Doty, Robert Human Concern/Personal Torment The Grotesque in American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
72 Yes
1969 Phillips, Michael/Andrew Hyde A Memorial Exhibition The Nathanial Saltonstall Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
60 Yes
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1968 Barker, Virgil From Realism to Reality in Recent American Painting 93 No
1968 Boston University Boston Painters 1720-1940
(Exhibition catalog)
70 No
1968 Robbins, Daniel/David W Scott An American Collection The Neuberger Collection 463 Yes
1968 Sadik. Marvin S The Drawings of Hyman Bloom
(Exhibition catalog)
76 No
1966 Larkin, Oliver W Art and Life in America Revised and Enlarged Edition 559 Yes
1965 Hayes, Bartlett H Jr American Drawings: Drawings of the Masters 141 Yes
1965 Kuh, Katherine Break Up The Core of Modern Art 136 Yes
1965 Whitney Museum A Decade of American Drawings 8th Exhibition Sponsored by Friends
(Exhibition catalog)
52 No
1964 Baur, John I H Between the Fairs: 25 Years of American Art 1939-1964
(Exhibition catalog)
91 Yes
1964 Indiana University Museum American Painting 1910 to 1960 50th Anniversary Exhibition College Unions
(Exhibition catalog)
80 No
1961 Art Institute of Chicago Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago/A Catalogue of the Collection 490 Yes
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1960 Chaet, Bernard Artists at Work 156 No
1957 Baur, John I H New Art in America 279 No
1957 Brooklyn Museum Golden Years of American Drawing 1905-1956
(Exhibition catalog)
72 No
1957 Chanin, A L/Greenwich Gallery Fifty Contemporary American Artis
(Exhibition catalog)
112 No
1957 Eliot, Alexander Three Hundred Years of American Painting 318 Yes
1956 Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel (ed) American Painting Today 127 Yes
1956 Tate Gallery Modern Art in the United States Selection from MOMA New York
(Exhibition catalog)
72 No
1955 Hayes, Bartlett H Jr The Naked Truth and Personal Vision The Length of the Artistic Road (Addison Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
112 Yes
1955 Museum of Modern Art El Arte Moderno en Los Estados Unidos (Barcelona exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)
80 No
1955 Myers, Bernard Encyclopedia of Painting 511 Yes
1951 Baur, John I H Revolution and Tradition in Modern American Art 170 No
1951 Hess, Thomas B Abstract Painting Background and American Phase 164 Yes
1949 Wight, Frederick Milestones of American Painting in Our Century 135 Yes
1943 Kootz, Samuel M New Frontiers in American Painting 65 Yes
1943 Soby, James Thrall/D C Miller Romantic Painting in America
(Exhibition catalog)
144 No
1942 Museum of Modern Art Americans 1942 18 Artists from 9 States
(Exhibition catalog)
128 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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