Norman Bluhm

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Norman Bluhm was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his dynamic, gestural canvases that bridged action painting and lyrical abstraction.

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instanceOf American artist
abstract expressionist painter
human
painter
activeIn 20th-century art
artisticStyle action painting
gestural abstraction
collaboratedWith Frank O’Hara
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-03-28
dateOfDeath 1999-02-03
educatedAt Académie de la Grande Chaumière
École des Beaux-Arts
exhibitedAt Andre Emmerich Gallery
Leo Castelli Gallery
Stable Gallery
familyName Bluhm
fieldOfWork painting
gender male
genre abstract art
givenName Norman
influencedBy Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionist movement

Modernism
surface form: European modernism
languageOfWorkOrName English
livedIn Vermont
movement Abstract expressionism
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Lyrical abstraction
surface form: Lyrical Abstraction
name Norman Bluhm NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableCharacteristic bridging action painting and lyrical abstraction
notableFor dynamic gestural canvases
notableWork collaborative paintings with Frank O’Hara
occupation painter
visual artist
placeOfBirth Chicago
placeOfDeath East Wallingford, Vermont
residence New York City
Paris
servedIn United States Army Air Forces
spouse Joan Mitchell
stateOfBirth Illinois
workInCollectionOf Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art

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