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Shirley Neilsen Blum, also known as Shirley Hopps (born 14 October 1932) is an American art historian, author, gallerist, and professor emeritus at the State University of New York, Purchase (1970–1989). She specializes in Northern Renaissance art, early Netherlandish art, and modern art. In the 1950s through the 1960s, she was active in the Los Angeles gallery scene, and she co-founded and co-ran Ferus Gallery. Biography Shirley Marie Neilsen was born in 1932 in Petaluma, California, to parents Dana (née Keyes) and Melvin Louis Neilsen. She received a M.A. degree in 1955 from University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in 1964 from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her thesis advisor was Karl M. Birkmeyer.She was married in 1955 to Walter Hopps of the Ferus Gallery and future curator at Pasadena Art Museum, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1966. In 1967, she married a co-worker at the Ferus Gallery and art dealer, Irving Blum, which ended in 1976. Shirley and Irving Blum had a son born in 1969, film producer Jason Blum.Shirley and Walter ran Ferus gallery together for many years. Walter Hopps and Shirley bought out Andy Warhol's first exhibition at Ferus Gallery in 1962, a collection which ended up being worth $15 million dollars by 1996.She taught art history at her alma mater University of Chicago, from 1961 until 1962. Between 1962 and 1973, Blum was an assistant professor at University of California, Riverside. From 1970 until 1989, Blum served as a professor at State University of New York at Purchase (SUNY Purchase). At SUNY Purchase, she founded the Art History Department. Neilsen was the Charles A. Dana Department Chair at Colgate University, from 1973 until 1974. See also Women in the art history fieldPublications Blum, Shirley Neilsen; Coplans, John (1966). Jawlensky and the Serial Image. University of California, Irvine Art Gallery and Pasadena Art Museum. Regents University of California. Blum, Shirley Neilsen (1969). Early Netherlandish Triptychs: A Study in Patronage. California Studies in the History of Art. Vol. 13 of Quantum Books. University of California Press. ISSN 0068-5909. Blum, Shirley Neilsen (2010). Henri Matisse: Rooms with a View. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500238783. Blum, Shirley Neilsen (2015). The New Art of the Fifteenth Century. Faith and Art in Florence and the Netherlands. Abbeville Press. ISBN 978-0-7892-1192-7.References. Discover the Faith Blum popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Faith Blum books.

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    A Mighty Fortress

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    Two teens, one outlaw, alone in the wildernessJoshua and Ruth Brookings are traveling by stagecoach to finally join their parents in Montana. Attacked by murderous outlaws, the tee...

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    Just a Closer Walk

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    I am weak, but Thou art strong/Jesus, keep me from all wrong/I’ll be satisfied as long/As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.Katie and Joanna meet on a train headed to Cheyenne, Wyo...

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    Blessed Assurance

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    Blessed assurance, Jesus is mineO what a foretaste of glory divine!Heir of salvation, purchase of GodBorn of His Spirit, washed in His blood.Adelaide lost her parents a year before...

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    All the Way My Savior Leads

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    Tragedy stole everything from him … except her …Three years ago, an illness orphaned Henry and Caroline Sullivan. The harsh years at the orphanage have forged a strong bond between...

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    Pass Me Not

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    Let me at Thy throne of mercy/Find a sweet relief/Kneeling there in deep contrition/Help my unbeliefTimothy is at his wit's end. His twelve year old halfsister has run off five hou...

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    He Hideth My Soul

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    He’s never had the courage to love anyone…The only thing Otis Miller has ever wanted to be is a doctor and he wants to be the best. A surprise talk with his Aunt Eleanor days befor...

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    Be Thou My Vision

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    A spinster wanting something different…Anna Stuart was comfortable with her life until the letter came. The letter shatters all the routines, comfort, and enjoyment of simply takin...

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    The Solid Rock

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    A detective with an impossible taskPinkerton detective, Joshua Brookings, is sent on a job that seems simple on the surface. His fellow detective has been kidnapped and his boss, W...

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    Amazing Grace

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    Reader's Favorite Finalist 2016A searching man, a desperate widow; can they find love?As Caleb struggles through some inner battles, he secretly starts a correspondence with a wido...

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    Unruly schoolchildren, three suitors, and too many things to doIt is Ruth Brookings’ first year teaching school. She wants to instill a love of learning into them, but between the ...

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    Redeemed

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    Mail Order bride seeks wealthy Western man. Write Mona Sommers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Alexander Granger is tired of his father’s lectures and sermons. It’s time for paybac...

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    Faith is the Victory

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    Winning story in Perry Elisabeth Design’s short story contest.I don’t like change. I know most people get used to it, but I have never been able to. When Dad announced their move a...

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    O Come All Ye Faithful

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    O Come All Ye FaithfulEdwin wanted to be home, but instead he crouched in a trench. The English on one side of No Man's Land and Germans on the other. What a way to spend Christmas...

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    He Leadeth Me

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    Love can be complicatedThirteen years ago, Gage Wilhelm, his brother, and sisters lost their parents and moved away to his uncle's ranch in Leavenworth, leaving the farm in Topeka....

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    Just As I Am

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    Just as I am, without one plea/But that Thy blood was shed for me/And that Thou bidst me come to Thee/O Lamb of God, I come, I come.Eve and Evangeline Collins are adventurous twins...

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    I Love Thee

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    Mom and Dad dead STOP Please come STOP GageConfirmed bachelor, Cole Baxter, finds himself raising his sister's four young children. After one week of leaving his ranch in the hands...

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    Sing the Wondrous Story

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    Can he let go of the past?Jason was kicked out three years ago. His judgmental actions and decisions caused a rift and turmoil within his family, especially concerning his sister, ...

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    Savior, Like a Shepherd

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    The ground shook and a rumble sounded through the air as the train squealed to a stop. Maybe, just maybe, I could carry someone’s bags without the porter taking notice. And then th...