Artist: Robert Fredrick Blum (b.1857) American

Title: The Ameya - Candy Blower

Medium: Watercolor On Paper, Signed

Size: Framed, 29" x 24"

"The Ameya", also known as The Candy Blower, is a late 19th-century painting depicting a Japanese candy maker (practicing the art of Amezaiku) at work surrounded by observers on a busy street. Done in 1893 after a trip to Japan, Blum was deeply influenced by the Japanese culture where he absorbed its visual and cultural aesthetic. His works often depict ordinary people, with a special focus on their daily lives.