Anna and Bernhard Blume
(German, born 1937)
Biography
Anna and Bernhard Blume were a collaborative duo of German artists, best known for their large-scale, monochromatic photographs. Throughout their practice, they captured themselves dynamically engaging with Minimalist sculpture, resulting in humorous investigations into space, art history, and contemporary life. Anna was born Anna Helming in Bork, Germany and Bernhard was born in Dortmond, Germany, both in 1937. They went on to study at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf from 1960 to 1965, where they met and were married in 1966. Notably, their work is entirely self-produced, from conceptualization to finished product, with total mastery of technical components. "We paint with our camera,” Anna Blume explained, “and this painterly work continues in the lab, too." Anna and Bernhard Blume's work has been widely acclaimed, resulting in such exhibitions as at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 2005, The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1989, and documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977. Bernhard Blume died in Cologne, Germany on September 1, 2011. Anna Blume passed away on June 18, 2020 at the age of 84 after a long illness.
Anna and Bernhard Blume Artworks
Anna and Bernhard Blume
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.jpg "Ideoplastie (Ideoplasty), 1971–1972")
.jpg "Ödipale Komplikationen? (Oedipal..., 1977–1978")
.jpg "Vasenextase (Vase Ecstasy), 1987")
.jpg "Transzendentaler Konstruktivismus..., 1992")
.jpg "Vasen-Ekstase (Ecstasy of Vases), 1987")
Anna and Bernhard Blume
Vasen-Ekstase (Ecstasy of Vases), 1987
Sale Date: January 28, 2024
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.jpg "Untitled (from the series: Im Wald), 1990–1992")
Anna and Bernhard Blume
Untitled (from the series: Im Wald), 1990–1992
Sale Date: June 7, 2023
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