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Art-exit 1939: A Very Different Europe
Adler, Chagall, Bloch, Auerbach, Daghani, Feibusch and other

Art-exit 1939: A Very Different Europe: Adler, Chagall, Bloch, Auerbach, Daghani, Feibusch and other

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Martin Bloch, Svendborg Harbour, Denmark, 1934

Martin Bloch 1883-1954

Svendborg Harbour, Denmark, 1934
oil on canvas on board
69 x 79 cm
framed: 89 x 98.5 cm
signed (lower right): Martin Bloch
1987-36
© Martin Bloch Trust
Photo: Bridgeman images
This claustrophobic depiction of boats in a crowded harbour, a classic symbol of exile, was painted during the artist’s brief stay in Denmark after he fled Nazi Germany in 1934....
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This claustrophobic depiction of boats in a crowded harbour, a classic symbol of exile, was painted during the artist’s brief stay in Denmark after he fled Nazi Germany in 1934. Despite the traumatic experience of flight, it is full of energy and colour. Drawing on his German expressionist roots, Bloch pares down form into simple shapes and conveys emotion through the use of heightened purples, greens and mustard yellows. The compression of the perspective into a single, suffocating plane jams the boats against the harbour and creates a distinct uneasiness. This is one of three works by Bloch in the Ben Uri Collection.
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1938 Cambridge University Arts Society, Paintings and Drawings by Martin Bloch, Terracottas by Frank Dobson, Gordon Fraser's Gallery

1939 Paintings and Work in Black and White by Martin Bloch, Alex, Reid & Lefevre Ltd

1945 Exhibition of Paintings by A. A Wolmark (Konstam Collection), Dobrinsky Paris, and a selection of work from the Ben Uri Collection, Ben Uri Art Gallery

1946 Selections from the Ben Uri Permanent Collection of Paintings, Sculpture & Drawings, Ben Uri Art Gallery

1954 Exhibition of Jewish Art, Hove Museum of Art

1956 Fortieth Anniversary Exhibition: Selected Works by Artists Exhibited over the Past Forty Years, Ben Uri Art Gallery

1960 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Ben Uri Art Gallery

1963 Martin Bloch 1883-1954: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, Ben Uri Art Gallery

1970 Paintings from the Ben Uri Art Gallery, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum

1980 Exhibition of Selected Works from the Permanent Collection of the Ben Uri Art Gallery, Ben Uri Gallery

1994 Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection, Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture Ben Uri Art Society

2004 The Modern and the New: An Examination of the Permanent Collection alongside New Works by Invited British, European and American Jewish Artists Ben Uri Gallery - The London Jewish Museum of Art

2007 Martin Bloch: A Painter's Painter The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

2009 Forced Journeys: Artists in Exile in Britain, c. 1933-45 Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

2009 Homeless & Hidden 1: World Class Collection Homeless & Hidden Ben Uri Gallery

2010 Forced Journeys: Artists in Exile in Britain, c. 1933-45, touring exhibition, Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

2015 Out of Chaos – Ben Uri: 100 Years in London, Somerset House

2016 Out of Chaos: Touring exhibition, Laing Art Gallery

2018 Exodus: masterworks from the Ben Uri Collection Bushey Museum

2019 Art-exit: 1939 - A Very Different Europe, 12 Star Gallery

2019 Migrations: masterworks from the Ben Uri Collection Gloucester Museum

2020 Internment: In Memory of Eva Aldbrook Ben Uri Gallery

2022 Painting With An Accent: German-Jewish Émigré Stories, in cooperation with the German Embassy London Ben Uri online exhibition

2023 Josef Herman: Artistiaid Ffoadur Cymru - Refugee Artists Hay Castle

Literature

Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., Out of Chaos: Ben Uri; 100 Years in London (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015) pp. 78-79;
Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Camden (London: The Public Catalogue Foundation, 2013), p.8 (illus. included);
Walter Schwab and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 25.
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