Kurt Blum
Bern (CH), 25.08.1922 - Bern (CH), 30.12.2005
After an apprenticeship as a photographer and studies at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bern, Kurt Blum became a photographer for the National Library from 1944 to 1954. He created a unique series of portraits of artists such as Picasso, Giacometti, Rothko, Léger, and many others, named "Au milieu des artistes." He later became a freelancer and as an industrial photographer and documentary filmmaker he worked for various industrial company. In 1981 he opened a painting and photography gallery in Praz/Vully. He was a founding member of the "groupe carré" and a member of the "Kollegium Schweizerischer Fotografen."
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