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| | Born in Paxton, IL on April 6, 1895. Bloomster studied at the AIC and in Paris. An avid sailor, he participated in many of the annual Chicago-Mackinac races on Lake Michigan. His love of sailing craft and the ocean were to become the dominant theme of his artworks. He arrived in San Francisco about 1939 and established a studio-home at 2726 Greenwich Street where he taught painting. During WWII he was commissioned to do portraits of many of the Navy’s fighting ships. Bloomster died in San Francisco on May 31, 1968. Member: SWA. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Chronicle, 6-1-1968 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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