Medium
figures
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Henrietta Haller
Accession Number
1904-16-182
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Man** (1877) by Robert Blum captures the essence of a solitary figure, created when the artist was just 20 years old. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, was an emerging American talent who trained at the School of the of Fine Arts in Boston laying the groundwork for his later renown in watercolor, genre scenes, and Japanese-influenced aesthetics. This early work, classified as a figure study, reflects the rigorous training young artists undertook in the late 19th century, skills in anatomy and expression through focused depictions of the human form. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Sm...