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    Title

  • Portrait of Dr. Theodor Blum

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : gouache on paper on panel, laminated ; 61 x 51 cm. ; 24 x 20 in., + frame (79 x 69 cm.)

  • Date

    circa 1960

  • Summary

    The sitter is seen in half-profile sitting in a green upholstered chair in front of a fireplace. A small male figurine sits on the mantle behing him. He holds a book in his hands, but his gaze is directed ahead as if lost in thought.

  • Depicted

    Blum, Theodor

  • Subject

    Men, Portraits; Physicians; Eyeglasses; Books

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Gouaches

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Dr. Theodor Blum was born in Vienna in 1883, the son of a prominent antiques dealer. He emigrated to the US in 1904 as a young man and became a dentist.

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Citation

Portrait of Dr. Theodor Blum, Leo Baeck Institute, 99.1.