Hand Signed Serigraph By artist John Bloom. Born in De Witt, Iowa, John Bloom would become a prominent figure among the Eastern Iowa Art community. Bloom moved to Davenport where he attended St. Ambrose University for two years and studied at the Tri-City Art League School. After two years he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1926. During his third year at the Art Institute, Bloom taught first-year drawing and composition classes. Bloom finished his studies at the Art Institute School in 1930, the same year Grant Woods American Gothic became a world sensation. For him, the ‘30s would be a decade of intense artistic creation.

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