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Norman Bluhm

 
Norman Bluhm

20th century Abstract Expressionist painter
(Chicago, Illinois, 3/28/1921 - 2/3/1999, East Wallingford, Vermont)

Norman Bluhm died suddenly on Feb. 3 of heart failure. 12/5/2006 : Per the website: http://www.normanbluhm.com/: 1921 Born Chicago, Illinois 1936-41 Studied architecture with Mies van der Rohe at Armour Institute of Technology (later Illiniois Institute of Technology) 1941-45 United States Army Air Force 1945 Returned to architecture studies at IIT 1946 Studied at Accademia de Belle Arte, Florence, Italy 1947-56 Lived in Paris 1947 Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris 1949 Acted i 1950 Married Claude Souvrain, Paris (divorced 1956) 1956 Returned to New York City 1961 Married Cary Ogle 1962 Son David born 1963 Daughter Nina born 1964-65 Lived in Paris 1965 Returned to New York City 1970-81 Lived in Millbrook, New York 1981-86 Lived in East Hampton, New York 1986 Moved to Vermont 1999 Died at home in East Wallingford, Vermont, on February 3

1 objects

Triptych #6

1984
acrylic, pastel and ink on paper
Gift of Cary and David Bluhm to honor Katy Kline
2006.22.a.-.c