Norman Bluhm

Norman Bluhm (born March 28, 1921 in Chicago , Illinois , † February 3, 1999 in East Wallingford , Vermont ) was an American painter . He was one of the most important representatives of Abstract Expressionism .

Life

Norman Bluhm studied from 1936 to 1941 Architecture at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Armor : (now Institute of Technology Illinois) . After military service in World War II from 1941 to 1945, he returned to Illinois for a short time, but then decided not to finish studying architecture. He moved to Italy in 1946 and studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence . In 1947 he moved to Paris , where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris until 1956 . During his time in Paris he made close contacts with artists such as Joan Mitchell , Sam Francis , Jean-Paul Riopelle and Zao Wou-ki , with actors, for example in 1949 in the film Orphée by Jean Cocteau , and with writers. In 1950 he married Claude Souvrain, from whom he was divorced in 1956. In the same year he returned to the USA. In 1961 he married Carolyn Ogle; both lived in New York City until 1969 and had two children: David (1962) and Nina (1963). From 1970 to 1980 the family lived in Millbrook , New York and from 1980 to 1987 in East Hampton , NY . They later lived in East Wallingford, Vermont, where Norman Bluhm died on February 3, 1999 at his home.

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Norman Bluhm had his first solo exhibition in 1957 at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York. His art attracted international attention: an exhibition in the Galleria del Naviglio in Milan followed in 1959 and in the same year he took part in the documenta II in Kassel . Numerous exhibitions at home and abroad followed.

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SURNAME	Bluhm, Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	February 3, 1999
Place of death	East Wallingford , Vermont