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Article: Hyman Bloom, 96; painted works of grisly Expressionism
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 28, 2009
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Hyman Bloom, a Boston painter considered a maverick but key
figure in the art world, died Wednesday in Nashua. He was 96 - old
enough, and independent enough, that his art had already gone in and
out of fashion several times.
When, in 1996, the Fuller Museum in Brockton mounted an
exhibition of six decades of his work, it had been more than 40
years since his last comprehensive solo show.
In recent years, however, Mr. Bloom's once fading star had begun
to shine anew. Three years ago, Katherine French, director of the
Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, curated "Hyman Bloom: A
Spiritual Embrace," an exhibition that will be on view at Yeshiva
University Museum in New York City, beginning ...