- Albert Bloch
Albert Bloch (
August 2 ,1882 –March 23 ,1961 ) was an AmericanModernist artist and the only American artist associated withDer Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider), a group of early 20th-century European modernists.He was born in
St. Louis, Missouri . He first studied art at theSt. Louis School of Fine Arts . Between 1905 and 1908 he worked as a caricaturist and illustrator forWilliam Marion Reedy ’s literary and political weekly "The Mirror". From 1909 to 1921, Bloch lived and worked mainly inGermany . After the end ofWorld War I , Bloch returned to theUnited States , teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts inChicago for a year, and then accepting a Departmental Head position at theUniversity of Kansas until his retirement in 1947.References
*cite web | title = Rediscovering Albert Bloch at the University of Kansas
url = http://www2.ku.edu/~maxkade/selections_from_absc.htm | accessdate = December 7
accessyear = 2007
*cite web | title = KU is one of few sites selected for Albert Bloch exhibit
url = http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread97/OreadJan24/page6/bloch.html | accessdate = December 7
accessyear = 2007
*cite web | title = Biography at Hollis Taggart Galleries | url = http://www.hollistaggart.com/artists/bloch_8772.htm | accessdate = December 7
accessyear = 2007
*cite web | title = Biography at The Jewish Museum | url = http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/site/pages/rCollection_details.php?num=11&type=none | accessdate = January 12
accessyear = 2008
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