Oscar Bluemner

Oscar Florianus Bluemner (1867-1938), widely considered one of the most influential figures of the modernist era, helped define and advance abstract art in America.

Bluemner's highly personal and boldly colored landscapes caused a commotion in the famous Amory Show of 1913 in New York among supporters and detractors alike. Impressed by the work of European contemporaries such as Cezanne and Van Gogh, Bluemner was not interested in simply imitating life. Using elements of reality as a starting point, he then transformed them into abstracted ideas. Bluemner explained, I wish to convey not the reproduction of nature for the sake of sentiment or accuracy, but perhaps like the musician' I want to create freely, artistically. 

 

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Works on Paper
	Bloomfield c. 1930  Charcoal on Paper 17 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches			North Bloomfield, Northeast, 4pm 1920 Conte Crayon on Paper 5 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches
	Canal at South Shore 1919 Black Crayon on Paper 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches			Oaks Pond (Bloomfield) Aug 25 1918  Graphite on Paper 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
	Canal From Italian Hill South of Harris Bridge (Bloomfield) 1918  Graphite on Paper 4 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches			Ruin Soho 1919  Black Crayon and Graphite on Paper 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
	Carousel, Knaak's Bierstube 1912 Ink on Paper 3 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches			Soho November 19 1918  Graphite on Paper 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
	Harrison Rye Creek, N.Y. 1906 Graphite on Paper 5 x 7 inches			South Nutley 1919 Pencil on Paper 4 3/4 x 6 inches
	Little Falls, NJ 1915 Green Crayon on Paper 5 x 6 3/4 inches			W. Shore, NW of Ruin, Soho 1918 Graphite on Paper 4 3/4 x 6 inches
	N-Bloomfield Sept 20 1918 Graphite on Paper 4 3/4 x 6 inches			Weymouth Port 1926 Blue Crayon on Paper 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches