Themes and Variations. Paintings and Watercolors from the Albert Bloch Foundation

The Lawrence Arts Center presents a comprehensive exhibition of Albert Bloch paintings and watercolors, co-curated by LAC Exhibitions Director Ben Ahlvers and University of Kansas Art History Professor David Cateforis, working closely with the Albert Bloch Foundation.

The exhibited works range in date from Bloch’s time with the Blue Rider group in Munich in the early 1910s through the end of his career in Lawrence, Kansas in the 1950s and include many that have never been displayed before.  The exhibition is organized around the many different themes Bloch treated in his art, ranging from portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes to clowns, shrouded mourners, and Christian subjects. It is accompanied by a book authored by Cateforis illustrating all of the exhibited works and many additional ones to provide a rich overview of Bloch’s art.