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American artist

Robert Frederick Blum (9 July – 8 June ) was an American artist. He was one of the youngest members of the National Academy of Design and was President of the Painters in Pastel and a member of the Society of American Artists and the American Watercolor Society.

Biography

Blum was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was employed for a time in a lithographic shop.

Born on this day in Robert Frederick Blum painted studies for Venetian Lacemakers on the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon.

Born on this day in Robert Frederick Blum painted studies for Venetian Lacemakers on the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon.

Robert Frederick Blum, Lady Boarding a Gondola from a Palazzo, , watercolor and brush and black ink over pencil on paper.

Born on this day in Robert Frederick Blum painted studies for Venetian Lacemakers on the island of Burano in the Venetian Lagoon.

Honda photos: Robert Frederick Blum - - American artist

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He 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 on showed great and original talent.

He settled in New York City in , doing his first work there for Charles Scribner's Sons, and the next year travelled to Venice, where he executed pen drawings and watercolours.

After , he made many annual trips to Europe. He returned to Venice in and in he visited Toledo and Madrid. In he visited the Netherlands.^[1] He visited Japan in and spent three years there;