Notes, publicity material, transcripts, and artwork by or about Martin Bloch

Martin Bloch was a painter of landscapes and figures in oils, who also taught and wrote about art. This collection contains writings by Bloch and Leonard Daniels, including Bloch's reflections on London and painting, a prospectus for his London school of painting, a press release for a solo exhibition and transcripts of talks about Bloch by Leonard Daniels. The collection also includes a charcoal sketch by Bloch and biographical notes.

Martin Bloch was born in Neisse, Silesia in 1883. In 1902, he studied architecture in Berlin, but whilst visiting Florence in 1924, he decided to become a painter. He studied under Corinth and held his first solo exhibition in 1911 in Berlin. He began working and teaching in Germany, but was labellled as a degenerate artist under the Nazi regime, so moved to Denmark and then England in 1934. He opened a school of painting with De Maistre in London, in 1938. Bloch exhibited and taught in London and abroad throughout his life, for example, teaching at the Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis during 1948, and Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts under Leonard Daniels. Martin Bloch died in London in 1954.

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Paper list available

Copyright belongs to Mrs M Bloch.

Presented to the archive by Mrs M Bloch, June 1970.

Group exhibition catalogues including Bloch, 1937-1978 (TGA 8225.6) and a letter from Bernard Evans to Richard Morphet recollecting Bloch's teaching, 1984 (TGA 931.52). The library holds further exhibition catalogues.