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Film producer and director. Years active. 1930–85. Ralph Baum (4 October 1908 – 1987) was a French film producer [1] and production manager particularly associated with Max Ophüls whose career spanned from 1930 to 1985 across more than 50 films. He also directed four films.
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- ‘Unlisted’ and Underappreciated
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- Postwar Embrace of Jewish Themes
The Derfner is part of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, a nursing home and independent living facility overlooking the Hudson River. Its Judaica collection and art exhibitions are open to the public and deserve to be better known. The museum was founded in 1982 by Ralph Baum, a German emigrantwho collected Judaica as a way of salvaging European Jewish...
The title of the “Unlisted” show is a play on the term “listed.” In the art world, “listed” confers legitimacy by indicating that artists can be found in standard reference works and museum collections. While many of these women were, in fact, “listed,” the museum’s printed introduction to the show suggests that their obscurity underscores the “arb...
Artist Ruth Cyril is represented at the Derfner by an etching, “Moonlit Pond.” Her work can also be found at the Victoria and Albert in London, the Hirshhorn and National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Met in New York. Yet at some point in her career, Cyril simply vanished. The place and date of her death are unknown. (Some museums list it as...
Thirteen of the 17 artists in the show are Jewish. Many of them, like Terry Haass, were immigrants. Haass moved to Paris from Czechoslovakia to escape the Nazis, then fled to New York when Germany invaded France. The Derfner is showing her abstract etching “Meteors,” with black trails and bursts of white light on an orange background. “Unlisted” in...
Ralph Baum (4 October 1908 – 1987) was a French film producer and production manager particularly associated with Max Ophüls whose career spanned from 1930 to 1985 across more than 50 films. He also directed four films.
Birthday: Oct 4, 1908. Birthplace: Wiesbaden, Germany. Filmography. Movies. Explore the filmography of Ralph Baum on Rotten Tomatoes! Discover ratings, reviews, and more. Click for details!
Apr 20, 1984 · Ralph Baum, founder of the Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale and of the Modernage photographic laboratory, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Riverdale section of...
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Jan 12, 2014 · Ralph James Baum died unexpectedly on January 4, 2014 at the age of 82. Ralph was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 21, 1931 to Roland Ralph Baum and Caroline Myrtle Cook. Ralph was a...
