Peter Blume (1906 - 1992) was an American painter (born in
Russia) of the magic realism school. He and his family emigrated from
Russia to New York City in 1906.
Peter Blume's brand of Surrealism was
based on the juxtaposition of disjunctive and unrelated objects and
figures, all rendered in an accomplished and painstaking technique that
echoes northern European painting of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. Blume labored intensively over his paintings, creating many
sketches, which explains the relative rarity of large-scale works.
He painted The Eternal City which
is a reference to Rome, Italy, as well as The Rock (1944-1948)
which depicts the process of rebuilding civilization out of its own
destruction.
In 1934 he won the Carnegie
International Award with South of Scranton (Metropolitan Museum of
Art).
Tasso
The Eternal City
1934-37
South of Scranton
1931
House
at Fallingwater
1938
Cartoon
Sketch for Autumn
Study
for the Boulders of Avila
1976
Satyr
with Cock
1974
Study
for Recollection After the Flood
1967
Winter
Home for Christmas
Light of the World
1932
Crucifixion
1951
Banyan
Tree
1961
Vegetable Dinner
1927
New England Barn
1926
Spring
1987
Untitled
1989
Autumn
Untitled
Untitled
The Rock
1944
Der Dampfer
Banyan
Trees
1961
Group of People
1958
Harps
1932
Poppies
#2
1964
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