← Collection
Peter Blume

Peter Blume

American, 1906–1992

MoMA.org ↗ Wikidata ↗

Peter Blume was an American painter and sculptor. His work contained elements of folk art, Precisionism, Parisian Purism, Cubism, and Surrealism.

Source: Wikipedia

Works in Collection

18 works
Beggar Woman (Study for The Eternal City)

Beggar Woman (Study for The Eternal City)

Peter Blume

1933

Easter Island and Rana Raraku

Easter Island and Rana Raraku

Peter Blume

1954

Elemosina (Study for The Eternal City)

Elemosina (Study for The Eternal City)

Peter Blume

1933

Harps

Harps

Peter Blume

1932

Insurrection (Study for The Eternal City)

Insurrection (Study for The Eternal City)

Peter Blume

1934

Iris and Pansies

Iris and Pansies

Peter Blume

1934

Jack-in-the-Box (Study for The Eternal City)

Jack-in-the-Box (Study for The Eternal City)

Peter Blume

1933

Key West Beach

Key West Beach

Peter Blume

1940

Landscape with Poppies

Landscape with Poppies

Peter Blume

1939

Monk (Study for The Eternal City)

Monk (Study for The Eternal City)

Peter Blume

(1937)

Museum

Museum

Peter Blume

1932

Obelisk

Obelisk

Peter Blume

1932

Parade

Parade

Peter Blume

1930

Sponge

Sponge

Peter Blume

1942

Study for Key West Beach

Study for Key West Beach

Peter Blume

1940

Study for Parade (Waterfront, Manhattan)

Study for Parade (Waterfront, Manhattan)

Peter Blume

1929

The Boat

The Boat

Peter Blume

1929

The Eternal City

The Eternal City

Peter Blume

1934-37 (dated on painting 1937)

Exhibitions

46 exhibitions

Apr 11, 1930 – Apr 27, 1930

46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age

47 artists

Jun 15, 1930 – Sep 28, 1930

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

52 artists

Jun 07, 1932 – Oct 30, 1932

Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

57 artists

Oct 31, 1932 – Feb 11, 1933

American Painting and Sculpture, 1862–1932

77 artists · 1 curator

Nov 19, 1934 – Jan 20, 1935

Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition

117 artists

Jun 04, 1935 – Sep 24, 1935

Summer Exhibition: The Museum Collection and a Private Collection on Loan

53 artists

Jan 14, 1936 – Feb 16, 1936

New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

53 artists

Dec 07, 1936 – Jan 17, 1937

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

179 artists · 1 curator

May 24, 1938 – Jul 31, 1938

Three Centuries of American Art

247 artists · 7 curators

May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

154 artists

Jan 12, 1940 – Mar 03, 1940

Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

55 artists

Oct 23, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

80 artists

Dec 27, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941

We Like Modern Art

32 artists

May 06, 1941 – Apr 30, 1941

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

74 artists

Feb 10, 1943 – Mar 21, 1943

Americans 1943: Realists and Magic-Realists

42 artists · 2 curators

Mar 03, 1943 – Mar 17, 1943

New Acquisitions: The Eternal City by Peter Blume

1 artist

Feb 16, 1944 – May 10, 1944

Modern Drawings

120 artists · 3 curators

May 24, 1944 – Oct 15, 1944

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

133 artists · 1 curator

Jun 20, 1945 – Feb 13, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

174 artists

Feb 19, 1946 – May 05, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting

67 artists

Jun 11, 1946 – Oct 06, 1946

Designed for Children

20 artists · 1 curator

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 22, 1946

Paintings from New York Private Collections

37 artists · 1 curator

Jul 02, 1946 – Sep 12, 1954

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

112 artists · 1 curator

Apr 15, 1947 – Jun 01, 1947

Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

83 artists

Dec 23, 1948 – Mar 13, 1949

American Paintings from the Museum Collection

115 artists · 1 curator

Aug 29, 1950 – Oct 15, 1950

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

72 artists · 1 curator

Jan 29, 1952 – Mar 23, 1952

Masterworks Acquired through the Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund

17 artists · 1 curator

Jun 23, 1953 – Oct 04, 1953

Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

100 artists · 2 curators

Apr 21, 1954 – Jun 06, 1954

Faces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

41 artists · 1 curator

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Jan 29, 1957 – Feb 24, 1957

Drawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection

43 artists · 1 curator

May 04, 1960 – Sep 18, 1960

Portraits from the Museum Collection

92 artists · 1 curator

Oct 11, 1960 – Jan 02, 1961

100 Drawings from the Museum Collection

74 artists · 1 curator

Feb 01, 1961 – Mar 04, 1961

Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection

37 artists

Apr 25, 1961 – Aug 07, 1961

America Seen: Between The Wars

34 artists

Aug 19, 1961 – Jan 30, 1962

Modern Allegories

20 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965

Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection

57 artists · 1 curator

May 28, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969

Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

119 artists · 1 curator

Dec 24, 1969 – Mar 01, 1970

American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection

40 artists · 1 curator

Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971

The Artist as Adversary

140 artists · 1 curator

Mar 01, 1972 – May 29, 1972

Drawn in America

44 artists · 1 curator

Dec 27, 1973 – Feb 24, 1974

Portraits

47 artists · 1 curator

Mar 21, 1975 – Jun 15, 1975

In the Twenties

51 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1976 – Nov 14, 1976

Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

66 artists · 1 curator

Nov 14, 1979 – Jan 22, 1980

Art of the Twenties

167 artists · 1 curator

Mar 19, 1981 – Jun 02, 1981

Recent Acquisitions: Drawings

65 artists · 1 curator