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Artists›Robert Frederick Blum

Robert Frederick Blum

1857

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1971.160
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Robert Frederick Blum was an American artist. He was one of the youngest members of the National Academy of Design and was President of the Painters in Pastel and a member of the Society of American Artists and the American Watercolor Society.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (14)

Bead Stringers, Venice

1886 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 31 × 20.7 cm (12 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 39 × 26.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lagune with Steamers and Gondolas, Venice

1885 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.5 × 21.5 cm (7 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Plate: 19.7 × 22 cm (7 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 33.6 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lagoon with Steamers and Gondolas

1885 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Girl Reading

1883 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gondolas and Venetian Palace

1880 · Etching and drypoint in black on ivory Japanese paper

Image/plate: 12.9 × 18 cm (5 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 20 × 27.4 cm (7 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Profile Head of a Japanese Girl

1879 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Woman with Long Hair

1877

Image/plate: 36.7 × 23.5 cm (14 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 44.5 × 33.5 cm (17 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pestling the Paddy

1877 · Black watercolor on ivory wove paper, laid down on tan wove board

30.8 × 27.6 cm (12 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Half Nude Figure of a Man

1877 · Etching on cream wove paper

Image: 17 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 × 5 in.); Plate: 17.5 × 14.9 cm (6 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Sheet: 32.8 × 24 cm (12 15/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gondolas, Grand Canal, Venice

1877 · Watercolor over traces of black chalk on ivory wove paper

24.1 × 32.6 cm (9 1/2 × 12 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Monday Morning, Holland

1800 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Venetian Canal and Boats, No. 8

1800 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Half Nude Figure of a Man

1800 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Girl

1800 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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14 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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7 entries · 1 sources

Lagoon with Steamers and Gondolas
1885 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Girl Reading
1883 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Venetian Canal and Boats, No. 8
1800 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Head of a Girl
1800 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Half Nude Figure of a Man
1800 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Profile Head of a Japanese Girl
1879 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Monday Morning, Holland
1800 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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