Julius Bloch
1888–1966
Introduction
Julius Thiengen Bloch (May 12, 1888 – August 22, 1966) was born in Kehl, Germany. His German Jewish family moved to the United States in 1893, settling in Philadelphia. A social realist painter, his work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1934, Eleanor Roosevelt purchased his oil painting The Young Worker in an exhibition of the Public Works of Art Project at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive offices.
Wikidata identifier
Q20860762
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Country of birth
Germany
Roles
Artist, etcher, lithographer, painter
ULAN identifier
500023300
Names
Julius Thiengen Bloch, Julius T. Bloch, Julius Blooch, Julius Bloch
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed September 3, 2025.
