Name Albert Bloch | Role Artist | |
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Died March 23, 1961, Lawrence, Kansas, United States Artwork Three Pierrots and Harlequin, Blue Waterfall Periods German Expressionism, Der Blaue Reiter |
Albert Bloch_American Artist
Albert Bloch (August 2, 1882 – March 23, 1961) was an American Modernist artist and the only American artist associated with Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group of early 20th-century European modernists.
Contents
- Albert BlochAmerican Artist
- Early Life
- Life in Europe
- Return to the United States
- Selected works
- References
![Albert Bloch Night V Albert Bloch WikiArtorg](https://alchetron.com/cdn/albert-bloch-a611ef62-03cd-4612-b49c-b8441e46938-resize-750.jpg)
Early Life
![Albert Bloch Blue Eclipse Albert Bloch WikiArtorg](https://alchetron.com/cdn/albert-bloch-ff4a2ece-d7cc-4108-a3b6-ff344fd3a50-resize-750.jpg)
Bloch was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He first studied art at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1901-03 he produced comic strips and cartoons for the St. Louis Star newspaper. Between 1905 and 1908 he worked as a caricaturist and illustrator for William Marion Reedy's literary and political weekly The Mirror.
Life in Europe
![Albert Bloch Conference Albert Bloch WikiArtorg](https://alchetron.com/cdn/albert-bloch-fc4316df-ef73-4be9-8326-fbaf13b239c-resize-750.jpg)
From 1909 to 1921, Bloch lived and worked mainly in Germany, where he was associated with Der Blaue Reiter.
Return to the United States
![Albert Bloch Ketterer Kunst Art auctions Book auctions Munich](https://alchetron.com/cdn/albert-bloch-1eee59b0-6411-401a-a0cf-9dddf9795e8-resize-750.jpeg)
After the end of World War I, Bloch returned to the United States, teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a year, and then accepting a Departmental Head position at the University of Kansas until his retirement in 1947.
Albert Bloch died March 23, 1961, in Lawrence, Kansas.
Selected works
![Albert Bloch Weimar Albert Bloch](https://alchetron.com/cdn/albert-bloch-00205765-9639-4b5d-adf2-018d0f1f18b-resize-750.jpeg)
![Albert Bloch Albert Bloch Wikipedia the free encyclopedia](https://alchetron.com/cdn/albert-bloch-01a53ebf-ce56-4648-b984-d5b47071d96-resize-750.jpg)