Oscar Florianus Bluemner (German, 1867 - 1938): Bloomfield Place, 1916. Graphite on paper, signed and dated below, framed.

Oscar Bluemner was born in Germany in 1867 where he was trained as an architect in Berlin. He emigrated to the United States in 1892 and soon turned his attention to painting. His early work consisted of poetic landscapes in watercolor, but a trip to Europe in 1912, to Berlin, Paris, Southern France, and Italy, where he was exposed to the possibilities of expressionism, led him to a very personal expressionist style using brilliant reds, blues and greens.

12 x 15.25 inches framed; 4.25 x 7 inches paper.

Private collection, Madison, WI.

Good, aged condition; the paper is fixed to supporting mat board; paper is toned and wavy throughout; small area of paper loss upper left edge.