Ludwig Blum

Ludwig Blum (1891-1975) was a Czechoslovakia-born Israeli painter. He emigrated to Israel in 1923, as part of the Third Aliyah, and became known as "the painter of Jerusalem."

Biography

Early life

Ludwig Blum was born in 1891 in Brno, Czechoslovakia.^[1][2][3][4] He emigrated to Israel in 1923, as part of the Third Aliyah.^[2][3][4] He served in the First World War.^[4] He was privately educated in Vienna and later attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.^[1][3]

Career

Upon his arrival in Israel, and as a dedicated zionist, he started paintings scenes of everyday life and landscapes in Israel.^[3] He did many paintings of Jerusalem (including the Western Wall and the Mount of Olives), Tel Aviv, the Sea of Galilee and the Judaean Mountains.^[3][5] Additionally, he painted some kibbutzs: Kiryat Anavim and Degania Alef, and the lives of Israeli soldiers, including the Palmach.^[3][6][7] He also painted copper mines in the Timna Valley.^[3] He also painted the Arch of Constantine in Rome, Italy, and a vase of roses.

He became known as "the painter of Jerusalem."^[2][4] In 1933, his painting entitled simply Jerusalem was honoured at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.^[1] In 1967, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim from the City of Jerusalem.^[1]

Death

He died in 1975 in Jerusalem.^[1]

Selected paintings

• Jerusalem in the Snow (1927).^[3]
• Jerusalem, Temple Mount (1928).^[3]
• Vase of Rose (1931).^[8]
• Kibbutz Kiryat Anavim (1932).^[3]
• Kibbutz Degania (1934).^[3]
• The Judea mountains (1943).^[9]
• The Arch of Constantine (1944).^[10]
• Jerusalem, seen from Mount Scopus (1950).^[11]
• The Market in Jerusalem (1950).^[12]
• View of Jerusalem from the Hill of Evil Counsel (1951).^[13]
• Landscape (1956).^[14]
• Timna, Copper Mines (1957).^[3]
• View of Jerusalem (1962).^[15]
• Jerusalem, David's Tower and the Sultan's Pool, seen from Mishkanot Shaananim (1964).^[16]
• The Western Wall.^[2]
• The walled city of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.^[17]
• Sea of Galilee.^[18]
• Portrait with a keffiyeh.^[19]

Gallery

Paintings by Ludwig Blum

Tel-Aviv, 1927  Tehran Dolat gate, 1930  Women washing clothes Tigris, Mosul, 1930  Rachel's Tomb, 1931  Atlit, 1932  Kibbutz Degania Alef, 1934  Pioneer farm in Ramat Rahel, 1934  View of Jerusalem from Mount Scopus, 1935  Jerusalem Market, 1944  Old City Market, 1944  Roses in a vase, 1944  Bazaar in the old city, 1944  Judean desert in winter, 1947  Camels in the Judean Desert, 1948  The water tower in at Kibbutz Negba, 1948  Moshe Dayan, 1949  Eilat airport, 1957  The Wite Mosque in Acco, 1957  Market in Jerusalem, 1958  The Market in Nazareth, 1958  Solomon's Pillars, 1961  Mosque in Tiberias, 1964

Secondary source

• The Real and the Ideal: The Painting of Ludwig Blum (Tel Aviv: Museum of the Jewish People, 2009).^[20]

References