FRANZ BLUM (Weidlingau 1914 - 1942 Russia)
Bundle of three prints

Mine worker
woodcut/paper, 13,1 x 18 cm
monogrammed FB

Standing nude
woodcut/paper, 27,5 x 12,6 cm
monogrammed FB

Christ crucified
woodcut/paper, 16,3 x 12,1 cm
monogrammed FB

ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 250
STARTING PRICE °€ 150

After graduating from Gymnasium (high school), Franz Blum studied with Anton Hanak at the Academy of Fine Arts. HIn 1938, he emigrated to the Netherlands, where he became involved in humanitarian work. In 1940, he was active again as an artist in The Hague. His work "Die Schwangere" (The Pregnant Woman) was shown in OEsterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, in 1937. His only exhibition was at Van Lier in Amsterdam in 1940. In 1940, Blum married the painter Irmtraut Bilger, who was a sister of Margret Bilger. He was killed in action in Russia, on April 10, 1942.

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