Arnold Blanch  was born in Mantorville, Minnesota in 1896. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Arts, as well as at the Art Students League in New York City. His early work adopted a method of painting that was similar to American Scene Painters Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. He was interested in celebrating nostalgia for the rural experience and pre-industrial America life in the Midwest. Blanch’s later work explored modernist techniques and styles.

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“Arnold A. Blanch,” AskArt.com