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Jerome Blum
Born in Chicago in 1884, Jerome Blum became a painter of works often inspired by the many environments in which he lived and from the colors and atmospheric light he observed in these places. These works included subject matter that ranged from landscapes picturing southern French hill towns, scenes from the Cuban countryside, as well as still-lifes. He studied in Chicago at the Francis J. Smith Art Academy and attended classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1906, Blum traveled to Paris where he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts. It was in the French capital that he befriended other American artists such as John Marin, Alfred H. Maurer, Jo Davidson, and the artist who was to become his mentor, Samuel Halpert. After showing at Parisian salons for a few years, Blum returned to Chicago in 1910. Jerome Blum participated in numerous exhibitions in Paris and in New York, including shows at Anderson Galleries, M. Knoedler, and the Whitney Studio Club. He also exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Art, Boston Art Club, Worcester Art Museum, Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Works by Blum are in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

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