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Hyman Bloom

Hyman Bloom

Artist
WA-00026276
DrawingExpressionismFiguration
Representation
None documented
9
Institutional Exhibitions
7
Works in Collection
13
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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A Museum Menagerie
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1975–1976
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
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American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
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Timeless Aspects of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
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Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1946–1954
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The Museum Collection of Painting
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1946
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Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
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Americans 1942: 18 Artists from 9 States
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942

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About

Why this artist matters now

Hyman Bloom was an American painter known for expressionistic canvases that merged figurative abstraction with visceral, often grotesque imagery. Working primarily in oil on canvas from the 1940s onward, his compositions combined Jewish mystical traditions with the formal vocabulary of American abstraction. His densely layered brushwork and treatment of the human form, frequently fragmented or distorted, reflected postwar anxieties and existential concerns. Bloom's work occupied a distinctive position between figuration and abstraction during a period when American modernism was consolidating around either pole.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement
Expressionism
Medium
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Artworks (7)

Artwork sources (2)

7 published of 10 catalogued · 8 with image
  • Art Institute Chicago
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  • MoMA
    3 publishedof 6 catalogued4 img
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Images

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Wrestlers (recto); Untitled (verso) (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4
Movements2
ExpressionismFiguration
Collections2
Museum of Modern ArtArt Institute of Chicago
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionA Museum Menagerie
New York · 1975
Group ExhibitionXXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1954
Group ExhibitionPainting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
New York · 1950
Group ExhibitionAmerican Paintings from the Museum Collection
New York · 1948
Group ExhibitionTimeless Aspects of Modern Art
New York · 1948
Group ExhibitionPaintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
New York · 1946