Background
Ludwig Blum was born in 1891 in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Ludwig Blum was born in 1891 in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
He was privately educated in Vienna and later attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.
He emigrated to Israel in 1923, as part of the Third Aliyah, and became known as "the painter of Jerusalem". He emigrated to Israel in 1923, as part of the Third Aliyah. He served in the First World War.
Upon his arrival in Israel, and as a dedicated Zionist, he started paintings scenes of everyday life and landscapes in Israel.
He did many paintings of Jerusalem (including the Western Wall and the Mount of Olives), Tel Aviv, the Sea of Galilee and the Judaean Mountains. He also painted copper mines in the Timna Valley.
He also painted the Architecture of Constantine in Rome, Italy, and a vase of roses. He became known as "the painter of Jerusalem".
In 1933, his painting entitled simply Jerusalem was honoured at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
In 1967, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim from the City of Jerusalem. In 2011 the Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan held an exhibition of Blum"s paintings. Death He died in 1975 in Jerusalem.