'''Irving Blum''' (born 1930) is a Los Angeles art dealer and gallery owner, best known for introducing the work of American artist Andy Warhol and Pop Art in general to the West Coast.<ref name="NYT-L">{{cite news |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |title=Roy Lichtenstein and Irving Blum: They Go Way Back |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/arts/design/irving-blum-roy-lichtenstein.html |access-date=15 May 2026 |work=New York Times |date=September 4, 2023}}</ref>
==Early Life== Blum grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to New York City in the 1950s and pursued an acting career, which did not take off. He switched focus to the art world, buying art works for clients of furniture designers Knoll Associates. In 1958, he moved to Los Angeles, with an idea to open an art gallery. He found the fledgling Ferus Gallery and convinced Ferus founder Walter Hopps to take him on as a partner.<ref name="Hopps">{{cite news |last1=Tomkins |first1=Calvin |title=A Touch for the Now |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1991/07/29/a-touch-for-the-now |access-date=15 May 2026 |work=The New Yorker |date=July 22, 1991}}</ref>
==Personal life== Blum is married to Jackie Blum.
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Category:1930 births Category:Art in Greater Los Angeles Category:People from Phoenix, Arizona Category:American art dealers Category:American art collectors Category:Businesspeople from Los Angeles Category:Living people
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