Our dad, John Edward Bloom, left us Saturday, February 21, 2026. How do you describe the nearly 96 years of life he lived without it sounding like a dry list of achievements? Born on August 10, 1930, ...

The life of artist John Bloom, husband of Isabel Bloom, will be retraced in an upcoming tour sponsored by Eastern Iowa Community Colleges. Bloom is considered a contemporary of the artist Grant Wood.

The exhibition John Bloom: Visions of Iowa showcases Bloom"s dynamic renderings of the human spirit as well as the land that nourished his work. During the course of his sixty-year career as an artist ...

The work of Davenport artist John Bloom, who died May 21, is on view at the Brunnier Art Museum on the Iowa State University campus through Jan. 5, and this is a posthumous reunion with his mentor ...

The Figge Art Museum, Davenport, will open an exhibition of works by beloved local artist John Bloom on Saturday in the second-floor Katz Gallery. “John Bloom: Close to Home” will feature more than 60 ...