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Norman Bluhm Art

American, 1921-1999
Norman Bluhm (1921-1999) was an American Abstract Expressionist celebrated for creating paintings with bold, energetic brushwork and colorful, voluptuous forms. Born in Chicago, IL, Bluhm studied architecture with Mies van der Rohe. In 1948, after serving as a fighter pilot in World War II, Bluhm moved to Paris, where he studied at the Ecoled des Beaux-Arts and associated with Joan Mitchell, Sam Francis and Alberto Giacometti. After moving to New York in 1956, he joined a circle of action painters including Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, Willem de Kooning and showed at the Leo Castelli Gallery. Prior to and after his studies, Bluhm was a member of the Air Force and served in World War II. After World War II, he lived in Paris with other hopeful American writers and artists of the expatriate scene. There he developed an interest in nude painting. In 1956 he moved to New York. The Cedar Tavern was a favorite gathering place where he convened with other painters and writers, such as Frank O'Hara, Franz Kline, William de Kooning, and Jackson Pollock. Among the work of this noted group were the twenty-six Bluhm-O'Hara spontaneous poem paintings, composed in Bluhm's studio atop the old Tiffany Glass Building in 1960. The Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. exhibited Bluhm's work in his first museum show in 1969. During the 1960s and 1970s, his art created an atmosphere of violence, with a large paint-soaked brush, often using blues, pinks, purples and greens. His work which featured webs of jagged marks, cascading drips and violent splatters of paint, increasingly took on the energy and scale of abstract expressionism. Later his violent outlook changed, as did his style. He has exhibited his works throughout the United States and Europe.
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Untitled Lyrical Abstraction Gouache and Watercolor on Paper, 1961
Untitled Lyrical Abstraction Gouache and Watercolor on Paper, 1961

Untitled Lyrical Abstraction Gouache and Watercolor on Paper, 1961

By Norman Bluhm

Located in Astoria, NY

Norman Bluhm (American, 1921-1999), Untitled (Lyrical Abstraction), Gouache and Watercolor on Paper, 1961, signed and dated "Bluhm '61" lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 22.5" H x...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Art

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Gouache, Watercolor, Paper

Norman Bluhm - Seven Paintings from the 1970s vintage poster offset lithograph
Norman Bluhm - Seven Paintings from the 1970s vintage poster offset lithograph

Norman Bluhm - Seven Paintings from the 1970s vintage poster offset lithograph

By Norman Bluhm

Located in New York, NY

vintage offset lithograph poster Published by SUNY Stonybrook New York unsigned and unframed NORMAN BLUHM BIOGRAPHY Norman Bluhm (b. 1921 in Chicago, IL) attended the Armour Institut...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Norman Bluhm - scarce vintage exhibition poster Works on Paper 1947-1987, SIGNED
Norman Bluhm - scarce vintage exhibition poster Works on Paper 1947-1987, SIGNED

Norman Bluhm - scarce vintage exhibition poster Works on Paper 1947-1987, SIGNED

By Norman Bluhm

Located in New York, NY

Norman Bluhm - scarce vintage exhibition poster (hand signed by Norman Bluhm), from the collection of Jacob Bal Teshuva, 1987 Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed and dated '87 in ...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Art

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Lithograph, Offset

"Othello" Gestural Abstract Painting
"Othello" Gestural Abstract Painting

"Othello" Gestural Abstract Painting

By Norman Bluhm

Located in Houston, TX

Energetic abstract expressionist watercolor painting of large black and orange splatters done by Norman Bluhm in 1962. Signed and dated in lower left corner. Hung in a black and gold...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Art

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Watercolor

Abstract With Yellow Watercolor on Paper, Signed, Late 20th Century
Abstract With Yellow Watercolor on Paper, Signed, Late 20th Century

Abstract With Yellow Watercolor on Paper, Signed, Late 20th Century

By Norman Bluhm

Located in New York, NY

Abstract With Yellow, 1987, by Norman Bluhm (1921-1999) Watercolor on paper 22 ¼ x 30 inches unframed (56.515 x 76.2 cm) 23 ¾ x 31 ½ inches framed (60.325 x 80.01 cm) Signed and date...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Art

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Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Norman Bluhm

Located in Austin, TX

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Acrylic on paper (two sheets) mounted on canvas. Signed on rear support, gallery labels verso. 35.25 x 46.2...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Art

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Acrylic, Laid Paper

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