Elise Blumann b. 16 January 1897

Also known as Elise Schlie, Elise Margot Paula Rudolphina Hulda Bluman
  • Artist (Painter)
A student at the Berlin Academy of Art under German Impressionist Max Liebermann, Blumann fled Nazi Germany in 1938, she and her husband settling in Perth. An advocate of boundary pushing when it came to modern art, Blumann became an important conduit for modernist ideas and attitudes for the Perth Art Group, which she helped found in 1942. An acclaimed painter, Blumann fused her understanding of
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exhibited at
Elise Blumann: Paintings and Drawings 1918-1984
Date
1984
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Elise Bluman: paintings and drawings 1918-1984
Date
1984
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

Elise Bluman left Germany in 1934 to escape the Nazi regime, finally settling in Perth in 1938. Over the following years she brought a specific and well informed viewpoint on European modernism to the development of contemporary art in WA. This retrospective exhibition of her work was organised by the Centre for Fine Arts, University of WA, with the assistance of the Visual Arts Board.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGWA annual report; http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/LW/waywewere/blumann.html; State Library of WA

Exhibition Catalogue:
Bromfield, David, Elise Blumann: Paintings & Drawings 1918-1984. [Perth, WA:] Centre for Fine Arts, University of Western Australia, 1984
38p : 30cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Painting
exhibited at
Date
1944
Place
Newspaper House galleries, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition

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