Albert Bloch: Expressionist presents the career and contributions of an American member of the legendary German Expressionist group known as Der Blaue Reiter in the early decades of the twentieth century.
The exhibition presents the subjects and themes that Bloch explored across a variety of media, drawing from his famed early period in Munich and introducing works from his late career created in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Albert Bloch
Pierrot (Three-Quarter Standing), 1911 Oil on canvas
30 3/8 x 22 3/4 inches
77.2 x 57.8 cm -
“The grinning clowns, leaping Harlequins, and dreamy Pierrots that populate so many of his paintings exist in an otherworldy state, far removed from the materialistic concerns of the modern world ... They manifest his own singular vision of spiritual existence and embody a full range of emotions, from grief to exaltation.”
-David Cateforis, Albert Bloch:
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Albert Bloch
Holzlager (Lumberyard), c. 1911“I paint still-life pictures, landscapes, compositions with figures—just like everyone else. But with me the result is inescapably a total spiritualization of the object.”
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Albert Bloch
Scherzo, 1912/1926“His progress in the few years he has worked in Munich has been little short of marvelous. I have the feeling that he is by long odds the strongest American painter on the other side who is working in the modern vein.”
- Arthur Jerome Eddy, 1919
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Albert Bloch in his Munich studio, 1912. Portrait of a Long-Haired Man hangs behind the easel and Still Life, Plant hangs behind Bloch. Albert Bloch papers, 1873-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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“... it was the work of these later years that represented his finest achievement, the fulfillment and culmination of his early strivings.”
- Henry Adams, Albert Bloch:
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Albert Bloch
Blaue Schlucht (Blue Ravine), 1939“The artistic pilgrimage that Albert Bloch made during the last four decades of his life was a highly personal one, undertaken without regard for the changing fashions of the art world and with no expectation of public recognition.”
-David Cateforis, Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider
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“Almost by accident, Bloch took part, almost unwillingly, in one of the formative movements of modern art—in a gathering of extraordinary talents at a time when the artistic and spiritual possibilities of the future seemed unlimited. His artistic legacy sheds light on the hopes and aspirations of that moment, while it also betrays, particularly in his late work, his equally profound and haunting disappointments.”
-Henry Adams, Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider, 1997
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If you are interested in speaking with us directly about the available works, or would like to learn more about Albert Bloch, please do not hesitate to connect with Alana Ricca by phone call, to the gallery at (212) 879-8815, or by mobile at (203) 524-2694. We look forward to being in touch with you soon.
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