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24 July 1891 - Born in Líšeň, near Brno, Moravia |
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1910-12 - Private art lessons with David Kohn, Vienna |
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1910-12 - Gymnastics training, participating in a competition in Berlin |
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1913 - Recruited to the Austrian Army |
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1919 - 20 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Active member of the Maccabi sport club in Prague |
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1921 - 23 Travels to Amsterdam, London, Paris, Spain and Italy |
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1923 - Immigrates to Palestine. Settles in Jerusalem |
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1924 - Marries Dina (Clementine) Mayer. Birth of their daughter Dvora |
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1925 - First Visit to Brno, exhibits his work. In the following years continues to visit and exhibit in Czechoslovakia and Europe |
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1926 - Birth of his son Eliyahu (Elie) |
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1930 - Travels to Iraq and Iran with Wolfgang Von Weisel |
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1936 - Commissioned by the Museum of Biblical Antiquities in Brno to paint a panorama of Jerusalem, a view from the Mount of Olives. The painting is exhibited in Blum's studio and at the Tel
Aviv Museum prior to its delivery |
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1936 - 37 Spends a few months in Brno, Czechoslovakia |
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1938 - 39 Resides in London for 18 months, paints portraits and participates in exhibitions |
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1946 - Elie Blum is killed in action during the Night of the Bridges, a
Palmach operation |
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1947-65 - Settles in a studio in "Talita Kumi" in Jerusalem until its evacuation |
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1948 - Studio in Talita Kumi was bombed, destroying one painting |
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1948-49 - Volunteers to the Civil Guard in Jerusalem, guards in roadblocks, draws and paints figures and sites of Israel's War of Independence |
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1951-52 - A ten-months visit to the USA, exhibits and forms professional contacts |
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1964 - Death of his wife Dina |
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1968- Awarded the Honorary Citizen of Jerusalem title |
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July 28 1974 - Dies in Jerusalem |
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2000 - Plaque hanged on Blum's birth home in Líšeň |
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2014 - Ludwig Blum Street inauguration in Moza, Jerusalem |