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|  Born in Chicago, she was a pastel painter who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with John Vanderpoel.
She also studied at the Boston Museum Art School with Edmund Tarbell and in Paris with Henri Martin before settling in Los Angeles in 1915. |
Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Painter, pastelist. Born in Philadelphia, PA on Aug. 17, 1886.
Blum grew up in Chicago where she was a pupil of John Vanderpoel at the AIC. She had further training under Edmund Tarbell at the Boston Museum Art School and in Paris with Henri Martin.
After settling in Pasadena in 1915, she was active in the local art scene until at least 1932.
Exh: SFAA, 1916; LACMA, 1916 (pastels of the PRE). AAA 1924; SCA; CA&A. | | 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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