Hyman bloom biography of michaels
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Hyman Bloom is one of the forefathers of abstract art in America. He painted rabbis and cadavers, corpses and the woods of Maine with imagination and vivid color.
Hyman bloom biography of michaels
Born in Latvia, he and his family migrated to America and he grew up in the west end of Boston.
Life and Death, Light and Dark
Hyman Bloom found corpses and dead bodies “a fascinating place” and painted them throughout his career.
In 1946, Robert Coates wrote of his work in a New Yorker review: “There is poetry in decay that if properly projected is as valid artistically as that of growth and health.” (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, wall text)
Hyman Bloom studied anatomy textbooks and made a visit to the morgue at Kenmore Hospital that made a huge impression on him.
He painted still life, whether it be a grouping of squash from the garden or a human body. His paintings were of life, stilled.
Beauty in All Things
He found beauty in all things. He seemed to seek truth to the meaning of