Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903

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Painter, illustrator, muralist; New York, N.Y.

From the description of Robert Blum illustrated letters, [between 1875 and 1900?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594925

Robert Frederick Blum was an American artist born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was employed for a time in a lithographic shop, and studied at the McMicken Art School of Design in Cincinnati, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, but he was practically self-taught, and early showed great and original talent. He settled in New York in 1879, and his first published sketches of Japanese jugglers appeared in St. Nicholas. His most important work is a large frieze in the Mendelssohn Music Hall, New York, Music and the Dance (1895). Blum's interest in Japan was reflected heavily in his work. He died in New York in 1903.

From the description of Robert Frederick Blum, sketch, "Augustine Moore House", Yorktown, VA. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 184739918

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creatorOf Robert Blum illustrated letters Archives of American Art
creatorOf Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn The Robert Cushman Butler Collection of Theatrical Illustrations Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
referencedIn Charles Scribner's Sons Art Reference Department records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Flora de Stephano papers relating to Robert Frederick Blum Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material Bancroft Library
referencedIn The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903. Sketch of "Rosewell", ca. 1903. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Mariano Fortuny birthday dinner menu Archives of American Art
creatorOf Robert Blum letters to Alexander Drake Archives of American Art
creatorOf Players Club letters Archives of American Art
referencedIn Chapellier Galleries collection of artists' papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903. Robert Frederick Blum, sketch, "Augustine Moore House", Yorktown, VA. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Otto Bacher papers Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909. person
associatedWith Chapellier Galleries (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith De Stephano, Flora. person
associatedWith Drake, Alexander, 1843-1916. person
associatedWith Honeyman, Robert B. person
associatedWith Moore House (Yorktown, Va.) corporateBody
associatedWith Players (Club) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
Gloucester County (Va.)
Rosewell Plantation (Va.)
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Birth 1857-07-09

Death 1903-06-08

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