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Robert Frederick Blum

187 works

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Pencil sketch of a flowering plant with small blossoms and grass leaves, annotated with handwritten notes.

Flowering plant

1870

Sketch, Portrait of a Man

1870

Pencil sketch of a reclining animal with pointed ears and folded legs on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Dog

1870

Pencil sketch of flower clusters on cream paper with handwritten color notes like light scarlet and dull green.

Flowers

1870

Red chalk sketch of a male figure with raised arm and extended arm on tinted paper, a study by Robert Frederick Blum.

Study for a man, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of sailboats on a choppy sea under a cloudy sky, with ships visible on the horizon.

Ships at sea

1880

Pencil sketch of a nest with young hummingbirds, labeled in handwriting, with a loose bird study below.

Hummingbirds

1900

Pencil sketch of a snaphunce long gun with handwritten labels for iron, steel, and brass parts.

Snaphunce long gun

1870

Pencil sketch of a market stall with an awning, figures in hats, and studies of heads on a cream sheet.

Market Scene

1870

Pencil study of ivy garlands and ribbon-tied festoon drapes on pale paper, by Robert Frederick Blum, 1890.

Study for festoons, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of an archway entrance with a standing robed figure and a seated figure beside a stone wall.

Entrance to a Mosque

1870

Pencil sketch of a draped standing figure with a smaller figure seated at lower left on cream paper.

Men

1870

Pencil sketch of an open umbrella and hat above a tree trunk and grass on cream paper with a museum stamp.

Artist sketching

1900

Pencil sketch of a horse and cart with figures in a street scene, above a study of a woman in a hat.

Street scene

1880

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with figures on calm water, smaller boats visible near the distant horizon.

Fishing boats, Japan

1890

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of heads, a seated child, and a woman holding a child, with a museum stamp.

Beggars, Venice, Italy

1880

Pastel study of a nude woman kneeling, seen from behind, with one arm raised, on pale paper.

Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil caricature of a balding man with wide eyes, bushy mustache and heavy jaw on tan paper.

Caricature

1880

Pencil sketch of a kettle drum with tuning keys, a chair and a faint background figure behind it.

Kettle Drum

1880

Dog and lion

1880

Charcoal study of a draped female torso with gathered fabric over the shoulders, on cream paper.

Study for woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Loose pencil sketch on cream paper of a goat's head above a reclining dog.

Dog and goat

1870

Red chalk sketch of a standing nude child seen from behind, with a grid overlay and a faint head study at upper left.

Study for a standing child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

1890

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a ruffled collar and flowing gown, with hatched shading on the bodice.

Woman

1900

Pencil sketch on paper showing a standing draped female figure with smaller studies of a seated figure and a head.

Women and children

1870

Pencil sketch of a whirlwind with concentric swirling lines and streaming strokes, with handwritten color notes below.

Whirlwind

1880

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and neck in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Horse

1870

Pencil sketch of a sailboat on a horizon under loose clouds, with hatched study forms and handwritten notes below.

Seascape

1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long layered dress, with loose shading on the fabric folds, on cream paper.

Seated woman

1870

Pencil sketch of figures tending horses beneath a wooden shelter, with loose hatched shading and a figure in a hat at right.

Blacksmith

1880

Dog

1880

Pencil sketch of horsemen, a standing figure on a horse, and a crowd with a boat in a loose study.

Feast of the Ascension celebration, Venice, Italy

1880