Hyman Bloom
American · b. 1913
Painting and drawing
DESCRIPTION
Hyman Bloom was a Latvian-born American painter associated with the Boston Expressionist movement. Immigrating to the U.S. in 1920, he became famous for his visceral and spiritual imagery, including depictions of cadavers, rabbis, and mystical themes. Though admired by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning as a precursor to Abstract Expressionism, Bloom rejected the label, remaining committed to a distinct representational style grounded in metaphysical inquiry.