Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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.(Biography provided by Lincoln Glenn)
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Artist: Norman Bluhm
Sweet Sue
By Norman Bluhm
Located in Columbia, MO
NORMAN BLUHM
Sweet Sue
1964
Ink and acrylic on Arches paper
22.5 x 30.5 inches
Framed: 30.75 x 38.75 inches
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Ink
Untitled
By Norman Bluhm
Located in Columbia, MO
NORMAN BLUHM
Untitled
1967
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22.5 inches
Framed: 37.75 x 30 inches
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled
By Norman Bluhm
Located in Austin, TX
Acrylic on paper (two sheets) mounted on canvas. Signed on rear support, gallery labels verso.
35.25 x 46.25 in.
36.5 x 47.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a natural cherry, closed-...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Laid Paper
"Othello" Gestural Abstract Painting
By Norman Bluhm
Located in Houston, TX
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Watercolor
Untitled
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Untitled, 1978
Acrylic and pastel on paper
25 x 112 inches
63.5 x 284.5 cm
Signed and Dated (verso)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Untitled, 1979
Oil on canvas
48 x 108 3/8 inches
121.9 x 275.3 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '79" (upper right verso)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Untitled, Studies in Blue, White, Gray
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Untitled, Studies in Blue, White, Gray, 1975
Oil on canvas
48 x 240 inches
121.9 x 609.6 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '75" (lower right recto)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Viper Lady
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Viper Lady, 1979
Oil on canvas
77 x 107 inches
195.6 x 271.8 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '79" (lower right recto)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Untitled
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Untitled, 1976
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
47 3/8 x 37 1/2 inches
120.3 x 95.3 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '76" (lower right recto)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
Untitled
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Untitled, 1974
Acrylic and pastel on paper
22 x 90 inches
55.9 x 228.6 cm
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
Sooty Lady
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Sooty Lady, 1978
Oil on canvas
76 x 106 inches
193 x 269.2 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '78" (lower right recto)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Milkmaid
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Milkmaid, 1977
Oil on canvas
60 x 112 3/4 inches
152.4 x 286.4 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '77" (lower right recto)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Mermaid's Delight
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Mermaid's Delight, 1978
Oil on canvas
76 x 106 inches
193 x 269.2 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '78" (lower right recto)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Crustadéle
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Crustadéle, 1976
Oil on canvas
96 x 84 inches
243.8 x 213.4 cm
Signed and dated: "bluhm '76" (lower right recto)
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1970s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Untitled
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Untitled, 1962
Oil on paper
23 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches
60.3 x 50.2 cm
Signed "to Bill / Bluhm 62" Bill Berkson
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1960s Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Oil
Jay Peak
By Norman Bluhm
Located in New York, NY
NORMAN BLUHM
Jay Peak, 1961
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
152.4 x 121.9 cm
Signed and dated 'Bluhm 61' lower right; Signed, dated and inscribed 'Jay Peak' on r...
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20th Century Abstract Norman Bluhm Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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