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| Helaine Dorothy Blum (b. 1909-d. 2010)
A sculptor, she was born on July 13, 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio and died on January 15, 2010 in Santa Monica, California.
Education: Cleveland Art Institute; Western Reserve University; Arts Students League, New York.
Well-known American sculptor and painter William Zorach first discovered Helaine. He along with another great American artist, Max Weber, became her friend, mentor and colleague. New York's Galerie St. Etienne, represented Helaine's twin sister, painter, Miriam B. Richman, until she died during childbirth in 1948. Her sister's death left her with a resolve to live life to its fullest.
Helaine's subjects included Albert Einstein, Rabbi Steven S. Wise, and Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, scientist Linus Pauling. She recounted that to sculpt her subjects, she would often live with the family until the work was completed. This was the basis of many of the friendships she continued to sustain.
Blum lived in New York for the major part of her exhibition career. She reached her career pinnacle in the 1950's and 60's when she exhibited in such institutions as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Whitney Museum, National Academy of Design, Jewish Museum, New York, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Detroit Institute of Arts, Cleveland Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Sources include:
Los Angeles Times obituary, January 31, 2010
Who's Who in American Art
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