Ludwig Blum (24 July 1891 – 28 July 1974) was a Moravian-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i painter. He emigrated to Israel in 1923, as part of the

Third Aliyah The Third Aliyah ( he, העלייה השלישית, ''HaAliyah HaShlishit'') refers to the third wave—or aliyah—of modern Jewish immigration to Palestine from Europe. This wave lasted from 1919, just after the end of World War I, until 19 ...

, and became known as "the painter of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Early life

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. He served in the

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. He was privately educated in

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and later attended the

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Career

Upon his arrival in Mandatory Palestine, and as a dedicated

Zionist Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

, Blum started paintings scenes of everyday life and landscapes in Israel. He did many paintings of Jerusalem (including the

Western Wall The Western Wall ( he, הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, HaKotel HaMa'aravi, the western wall, often shortened to the Kotel or Kosel), known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط � ...

and the

Mount of Olives The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet ( he, הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; ar, جبل الزيتون, Jabal az-Zaytūn; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also , , 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jeru ...

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

, the Sea of Galilee and the

Judaean Mountains The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills ( he, הרי יהודה, translit=Harei Yehuda) or the Hebron Mountains ( ar, تلال الخليل, translit=Tilal al-Khalīl, links=, lit=Hebron Mountains), is a mountain range in Palestine and Israel wh ...

. Additionally, he painted some kibbutzes:

Kiryat Anavim Kiryat Anavim ( he, קִרְיַת עֲנָבִים, ''lit.'' City of Grapes) is a kibbutz in the Judean Hills of Israel. It was the first kibbutz established in the Judean Hills. It is located west of Jerusalem, and falls under the jurisdiction o ...

and Degania Alef, and the lives of Israeli soldiers, including the Palmach. He also painted copper mines in the

Timna Valley The Timna Valley (תִּמְנָע, ) is located in southern Israel in the southwestern Arava/Arabah, approximately north of the Gulf of Aqaba and the city of Eilat. The area is rich in copper ore and has been mined since the 5th millennium ...

. He also painted the

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, and a vase of roses. Blum became known as "the painter of Jerusalem". In 1933, his painting entitled simply ''Jerusalem'' was honoured at the Royal Academy of Arts in

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. In 1967, he received the

Yakir Yerushalayim Yakir Yerushalayim ( he, יַקִּיר יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; en, Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) is an annual citizenship prize in Jerusalem, inaugurated in 1967. The prize is awarded annually by the municipality of the City of Jerusalem to o ...

from the City of Jerusalem. In 2011 the Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan held an exhibition of Blum's paintings.

Death

Blum died in 1975 in

Selected paintings

*''Jerusalem in the Snow'' (1927). *''Jerusalem, Temple Mount'' (1928). *''Vase of Rose'' (1931). *''Kibbutz Kiryat Anavim'' (1932). *''Kibbutz Degania'' (1934). *''The Judea mountains'' (1943). *''The Arch of Constantine'' (1944). *''Jerusalem, seen from Mount Scopus'' (1950). *''The Market in Jerusalem'' (1950). *''View of Jerusalem from the Hill of Evil Counsel'' (1951). *''Landscape'' (1956). *''Timna, Copper Mines'' (1957). *''View of Jerusalem'' (1962). *''Jerusalem, David's Tower and the Sultan's Pool, seen from Mishkanot Shaananim'' (1964). *''The Western Wall''. *''The walled city of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives''. *''Sea of Galilee''. *''Portrait with a keffiyeh''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blum, Ludwig 1891 births 1974 deaths Artists from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia Moravian Jews Czechoslovak emigrants to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century Israeli painters Orientalist painters Israeli landscape painters Painters of the Holy Land pre-1948 Zionists Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Jewish painters Burials at Har HaMenuchot Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni

Early life

Career

Death

Selected paintings

See also

Further reading

References