Art Appreciation
American Modernist artist Albert Bloch was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1882. He dropped out of school to study art at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
Bloch worked as a caricaturist and illustrator before moving to Germany in 1909. There he met German artists Wassily Kandisnsky and Franz Marc. Impressed with Bloch, they invited Bloch to exhibit his work with their group, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), which became an expressionism art movement from 1911 to 1914. Bloch was the sole American artist in the group.
Whereas The Blue Riders focused on landscapes, Bloch focused on portraitures, and many of his characters during this time included dell'arte clowns, harlequins, pierrots, and carnival themes.
Bloch moved back to the United States when World War I began. He began teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago then held a head position at the University of Kansas.
Bloch passed away on March 23, 1947.
Sources:
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