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Oscar Bluemner
Oscar Bluemner

Oscar Bluemner

American, 1867-1938
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Oscar Bluemner, born Friedrich Julius Oskar Blümner and after 1933 known as Oscar Florianus Bluemner, was a German-born American Modernist painter.

Bluemner was born as Friedrich Julius Oskar Blümner in Prenzlau, Germany, on June 21, 1867. He studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of Design in Berlin.
Bluemner moved to Chicago in 1893 where he freelanced as a draftsman at the World's Columbian Exposition. After the exposition, he attempted to find work in Chicago. In 1901, he relocated to New York City where he also was unable to find steady employment. In 1903, he created the winning design for the Bronx Borough Courthouse in New York, although it is credited to Michael J. Garvin. The scandal that arose around this took down borough president Louis Haffen for corruption and fraud.

In 1908 Bluemner met Alfred Stieglitz, who introduced him to the artistic innovations of the European and American avant-garde. By 1910, Bluemner had decided to pursue painting full-time rather than architecture.

He exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show. He said that the Americans' contribution failed to match that of the Europeans because the American selection process reflected rivalries and compromises rather than curatorial judgment, resulting in a "melée of antagonistic examples". Then in 1915 Stieglitz gave him a solo exhibition at his gallery, 291. Despite participating in several exhibitions, including solo shows, for the next ten years Bluemner failed to sell many paintings and lived with his family in near poverty.

He created paintings for the Federal Arts Project in the 1930s.
After his wife's death in 1926, Bluemner moved to South Braintree, Massachusetts. Bluemner committed suicide on January 12, 1938.

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Sunset on the River

Sunset on the River (1908)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
Evening Tones

Evening Tones (1911-1917)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Bronx, 144 St.

Bronx, 144 St. (1913)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
Study for Canal Port, Rockaway

Study for Canal Port, Rockaway (1916)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Pagoda (Red Tank West Quincy)

Pagoda (Red Tank West Quincy) (1927)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Old Canal Port

Old Canal Port (1914)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
Study for Old Canal (Red & Green) 

Study for Old Canal (Red & Green)  (1916)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Road Bend

Road Bend (1904)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
New England Reflections

New England Reflections (1910)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
A Cuban Singer–Hoboken

A Cuban Singer–Hoboken (circa 1920)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Figurative
Rooftops, Harlem

Rooftops, Harlem (1916)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Mystic Tree

Mystic Tree (1919)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Railroad Tracks (Cityscape With Sun)

Railroad Tracks (Cityscape With Sun) (1927)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Glowing Night

Glowing Night (1924)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
The Lamp of Sleep

The Lamp of Sleep (1927)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Early Spring, Passaic Valley

Early Spring, Passaic Valley (1919)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Snow and Glow

Snow and Glow (1935)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Abstract
Street in the Bronx

Street in the Bronx (1913)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
Canal, Venice

Canal, Venice (1912)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
Young Tree in Red Courtyard

Young Tree in Red Courtyard (1919)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
Death

Death (1926)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Landscape
Soho (recto)

Soho (recto) (1919)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Drawings
Farm House in a Landscape

Farm House in a Landscape (1911)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Drawings
Koln,Maria-Capitol

Koln,Maria-Capitol (1892)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Drawings
Fiesole,Cloister of S. Domenico

Fiesole,Cloister of S. Domenico (1912)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Drawings
Venice,Boats

Venice,Boats (1912)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Drawings
Study for ‘Soho’ (verso)

Study for ‘Soho’ (verso) (1919)

Oscar Bluemner (American, 1867-1938)
Drawings

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