Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color

Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color, a comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s work, reappraises Bluemner’s place in the pantheon of major figures of early 20th-century American art. The German-born Bluemner (1867-1938) was an important member of the circle of artists that formed around Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 Gallery; his works, multifaceted and compelling, sustained a continual dialogue with contemporary developments in European as well as American painting. Examining Bluemner’s evolution from a budding architect to a key innovator in the modernist shift to abstraction, the exhibition surveys the artist’s entire oeuvre, from the pictorial, architectural renderings and neo-romantic scenes of his early years to the richly symbolic, color-infused landscapes that established his place among the leading artists of his day.

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Oscar Bluemner: A Passion for Color