Hyman Bloom papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bloom, Hyman, 1913-
label: Creator
content: Durlacher Bros. (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Askew, R. Kirk (Ralph Kirk), 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003
label: Names
content: Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975
label: Names
content: Story, Ala
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art students -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1981 and 1994 by Hyman Bloom and in 2025 by Stella Bloom.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bloom, Hyman, 1913-
label: Creator
content: Durlacher Bros. (New York, N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hyman Bloom (1913-2009) was a painter in Cambridge, Massacusetts. Born near Riga, Latvia in April 1913. Immigrated to Boston in 1920 and began painting and drawing classes, taught by Harold Zimmerman at a settlement house. Worked for the WPA in the early 1930s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-2011
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bloohyma2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Hyman Bloom (1913-2009) measure 3.4 linear feet and date from circa 1936-2011. Included is personal and professional correspondence with Hyman and Stella Bloom, including letters from Dorothy Canning Miller, R. Kirk Askew (of Durlacher Bros.), Henry Allen Moe, Ala Story and others and correspondence relating to an urban renewal project and rent control matters effecting Bloom's residence; financial and business records; exhibition and loan files; printed material regarding Bloom, exhibitions, and source material; writings about Bloom including a typescript of an article by Hyman Swetzoff about Bloom, "Hyman Bloom: The Attainment of a State of Being"; sketches including 152 pencil drawings by Bloom's students, including works by Lynn Banker, Anabel Handy, David Hayes, C. Heijn, Valerie Jayne, Peter W. Kent, Patricia Quinn, John Rooney, John Updike, A.J. Yiannias, E. Zimmerman and others; personal business records; list of paintings with prices;biographical material including a certificate of fellowship in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Boston (1960); Boston Fenway Art Community Proposal and completed questionnare; a calendar; and slides and negatives of works of art.