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  • Three Works by David Bloch, comprising Shanghai (1945), Rickshaws (1945), and David Ludwig Block, Holzschnitte, Woodcuts, Shanghai 1940-1949.
    Jun. 25, 2026

    Three Works by David Bloch, comprising Shanghai (1945), Rickshaws (1945), and David Ludwig Block, Holzschnitte, Woodcuts, Shanghai 1940-1949.

    Est: $600 - $800

    Three Works by David Bloch, comprising Shanghai (1945), Rickshaws (1945), and David Ludwig Block, Holzschnitte, Woodcuts, Shanghai 1940-1949. 1945-1949 大衛·布魯赫《上海》木刻兩種及參考書一種 David Ludwig Bloch (1910–2002) was a German-born American ceramicist and visual artist whose work reflects both exquisite technical mastery and a life shaped by displacement. Born in Floss, Germany, Bloch attended Munich’s renowned School of Applied Arts, where he trained in commercial and fine art before being dismissed under Nazi anti-Jewish policies. In November 1938, he was arrested during Kristallnacht and transported to Dachau concentration camp, where he remained until his release the following year. Shortly thereafter, he was expelled from Germany and emigrated to Shanghai, one of the few places that accepted Jewish refugees without a visa. In Shanghai, Bloch re-established his artistic career, working as a designer for local printing and advertising firms while continuing to produce paintings and prints documenting the refugee experience. After the war, he immigrated to the United States in 1949, settling in New York and later Massachusetts. There, he became a respected ceramic artist, developing innovative forms and glazes and exhibiting widely across the country. Bloch’s later work frequently returned to themes of memory and survival, including a series of stark, expressionistic prints depicting Kristallnacht. His art has been collected and exhibited by institutions such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Leo Baeck Institute, and the Jewish Museum Berlin. 上世纪三、四十年代，为了逃避纳粹法西斯对犹太人的种族清洗，两万多德国、奥地利犹太人背井离乡来到上海避难，年轻的艺术家大卫·布鲁赫就是其中的一个。 布鲁赫1910年生于巴伐利亚Floss 小镇，自幼失去了父母，三岁时又因生病失去听力，童年时在慕尼黑皇家聋哑学校学习手语，后来考入了慕尼黑实用美术学院学习设计和版画。他曾和德国女孩玛莎相爱，生下女儿麗蒂娅，但纽伦堡法案严禁德国人和犹太人通婚，他们不得不分开。1938 年11 月9 日希特勒发动“水晶之夜”，布鲁赫和成千上万的犹太男人一起被关进达豪集中营。被释放后他只身乘船逃亡到日本占领的上海，在这个陌生的东方城市領略到中国人友善。 他没有着迷于十里洋场的歌舞升平，而是用画笔和木刻刀记录了老上海的民俗风情。在一次聋哑人的聚会上，布鲁赫遇到上海女孩郑小姐，他们用手语交流，1946 年成婚，几年后移民美国。布鲁赫2002 年下世，留有数百幅绘画和木刻版画，大部分是他在上海的九年当中制作的。關於他的作品與生平，參見加籍华人导演、中央美术学院电影与影像艺术系创建系主任王水泊2018年完成的紀錄片《大卫·布鲁赫》(David Bloch)。 The Shanghai (1945) album height 4 1/2 in., 11 cm; Unfolds to 35 in., 90 cm. Property from the Collection of Drs. Thomas and Patricia B Ebrey, Seattle, Washington. This lot is located in Philadelphia.

    Freeman’s
  • DAVID LUDWIG BLOCH (German / American, 1910-2002). Mother and Child, 1980, Gouache, ink, graphite, and watercolor on a hard board. Sign
    Jul. 27, 2023

    DAVID LUDWIG BLOCH (German / American, 1910-2002). Mother and Child, 1980, Gouache, ink, graphite, and watercolor on a hard board. Sign

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    DAVID LUDWIG BLOCH (German / American, 1910-2002). Mother and Child, 1980, Gouache, ink, graphite, and watercolor on a hard board. Signed and dated lower left hand corner. Unframed. ARTIST PROFILE: David Ludwig Bloch was born in Floss (Germany) and despite losing his hearing as a child due to meningitis, Bloch at a young age apprenticed with a porcelain painter and designer starting in 1925. In 1934, Bloch enrolled in an applied painting program at what is now the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. However, with the rise of Nazism, Bloch was fired from his work and expelled from university for being Jewish. Following Kristallnacht in 1938, he was arrested and interned in the Dachau concentration camp. Eventually, Bloch moved to Shanghai, China where he continued to work as a commercial illustrator and created impressionistic and naturalistic watercolors and woodcuts of street scenes. Bloch stayed in China until 1949 and then moved with his wife to the United States, where he continued working as painter and graphic designer. The visual language of his art shifted to dark tones, haggard bodies, skeletons, and gates of camps. Bloch also had a one-man retrospective at the Jewish Museum in Munich in 2000. - 48 x 13 inches

    Sloans & Kenyon
  • David Ludwig Bloch, "Crying Hands" Linocut Print
    Jul. 27, 2022

    David Ludwig Bloch, "Crying Hands" Linocut Print

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    David Ludwig Bloch (1910-2002), linocut print titled "Crying Hands". Image symbolizes the horrors of the Holocaust. Pencil signed lower right, titled, and dedicated lower left with "Original Handprinted to Alan & Tony". Sight seenapprox. 10" x 14", overall frame size approx. 15-1/2" x 19-1/2".

    Weiss Auctions
  • David L. Bloch (German/American, 1910 - 2002)
    Jan. 26, 2019

    David L. Bloch (German/American, 1910 - 2002)

    Est: $80 - $120

    " Amish Farm House." Watercolor. Sight size, 13 1/2 x 20 inches. Matted and framed. Merrill Gallery Label on the verso. Notice to bidders: Condition reports and additional photographs are provided by request as a courtesy to our clients, as such any condition report is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free of defects, imperfections, restoration, wear and tear, or the effects of aging. Capo Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission, additionally all lots are sold 'As Is' and in accordance with the conditions of sale.

    Capo Auction
  • Rickshaw – Woodcuts by David Ludwig Bloch – Shanghai, 1942 – Signed and Numbered Copy from an Edition of Ten Copies
    Sep. 08, 2015

    Rickshaw – Woodcuts by David Ludwig Bloch – Shanghai, 1942 – Signed and Numbered Copy from an Edition of Ten Copies

    Est: -

    Rickshaw, by D.L. Bloch, Shanghai 1941-1942. Volume with 60 woodcuts by David Ludwig Bloch. [Shangahi, ca. 1942]. A series of impressive woodcuts, depicting daily life of Chinese rickshaw drivers, created by David Ludwig Bloch, a Jewish refugee in Shanghai, during the 1940s. This series of woodcuts is the first of four series created by Bloch while living in Shanghai, in which he depicted in great detail what surrounded him, mainly the life of the lower class Chinese population. The book was printed by the artist in a limited edition of ten copies only. Presented is copy no. 6, signed and numbered by the artist. David Ludwig Bloch (1910-2002) was born in Germany to a Jewish family. He lost his parents at an early age and became deaf when still a young child. He started to study porcelain painting in 1925, and later studied in the Art Academy in Munich. For several years he worked as a graphic designer for a department store in the town of Straubing, Bavaria. He was fired in 1938 for being Jewish. During Kristallnacht he was arrested and deported to Dachau concentration camp where he was held for four weeks. Bloch was then released and succeeded in fleeing to Shanghai – the only place in the world that allowed Jews to enter with no passport or visa. Bloch stayed in Shanghai for about ten years and was involved in painting. His work depicts daily life in the city, the Jewish Ghetto in particular. First he used watercolor and later created drawings in pencil as well as woodcuts (a technique which he mastered in Shanghai). During these years he created hundreds of woodcuts which he compiled in four series: "Rickshaw", "Beggars", "Chinese Children", and "Yin and Yang". His works were exhibited in various exhibitions in the city and gained positive reviews. In 1949 Bloch immigrated to New-York with his wife whom he met about a year after arriving in Shanghai. In the United States Bloch continued his artistic activity and worked as a graphic designer. His creations were inspired by his life in Shanghai and his memories from Dachau concentration camp. [64] leaves (sheets folded into two, unopened, printed on one side), 21 cm. Woodcuts: Approx. 7X5 cm – 9X12 cm. Good condition. Foxing and dampstaining. Torn spine, damaged binding.

    Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
  • David L. Bloch (1910-2002), Woodblock Prints
    Mar. 14, 2014

    David L. Bloch (1910-2002), Woodblock Prints

    Est: $300 - $500

    David L. Bloch (1910-2002), Woodblock Prints, including two framed groups of five signed woodcuts, and one large hand colored woodcut, signed to the lower right, the prints of Chinese cities and scenes from life, the largest appx. 41 1/2 in. W, 13 1/2 in. H.

    Waterford's Art & Antiques Auctioneers
  • DAVID L. BLOCH (American Mid 20th Century) MONHEGAN ISLAND.
    Aug. 21, 2012

    DAVID L. BLOCH (American Mid 20th Century) MONHEGAN ISLAND.

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Watercolor island scene shows three houses on piers next to water and rowboat. Foreground house has lobster buoy. Illegible signature dated "7-31-56". Label on reverse "From Merrill Galleries NY, NY". Housed in a gray painted wood frame with double matte. SIZE: 13-1/2" x 20-1/2" CONDITION: Very good. 9-26775

    James D. Julia
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