Theo Blum
Theo Blum (born January 10, 1883 in Mönchengladbach ; † January 31, 1968 in Cologne ) was a German landscape painter and etcher .
Life
Blum was trained at the arts and crafts school in Krefeld on the Lower Rhine. As a young artist he moved to Cologne. The first World War, spent Blum as a war artist in northern France, where he was also artistic director of the theater in Charleville . After the war, he went on extensive study trips to Holland, Switzerland and Italy, where he received the papal order of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice for his work . From the mid-1920s he devoted himself increasingly to the representation of motifs from Germany, with particular emphasis on the representation of the Rhineland and the Saar and Moselle . In 1932 he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Zons on the Lower Rhine. During World War II , many of his works were destroyed in a bomb attack on Cologne. He lived and worked in Cologne until his death in 1968. He bequeathed his work to the city of Zons (today a district of Dormagen).
Blum was found in the family grave of his wife Emmy, b. von Schmeling, buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne , in the area of the old Ehrenfeld cemetery (hallway E14 No. 80/81).
plant
- 1914: Cologne in words and pictures (with 20 color prints after watercolors ), published by the Cologne Tourist Association on the occasion of the Werkbund exhibition
- 1915–18: approx. 250 drawings and watercolors from northern France (war work)
- 1919: Beginning of the Deutsche Lande graphic portfolio
- 1925/26: Study trips to Italy with portfolios Rome 1925 , From Rome's surroundings as well as Palazzo Chigi and its park in Ariccia
- 1925: Oil painting Summer Day in Zons (Collection Winterhalter / Switzerland), also as an art print at Hanfstaengl / Munich
- 1942/43: Cologne - Inferno (60 drawings and 21 watercolors)
literature
- Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Blum, Theo , In: "Personalities of the Cochem-Zell District" , Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 49 f.
Web links
- Entry for Theo Blum in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
- The painter's estate at the city of Dormagen
- Documentation about Theo Blum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blum, Theo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1968 |
| Place of death | Cologne |