Biographical
24.7.1891 - Born in Líšeň, near Brno, Moravia
1910-12 - Private art lessons with David Kohn, Vienna
1910-12 - Gymnastics training, participating in a competition in Berlin
1913 - Recruited to the Austrian Army
1918 - 1914 - World War I, serving in the Austrian army
1920 - 1919 - studies at the Academy of Arts in Prague, active in the Maccabi organization of Prague
1921 - 23 Travels to Amsterdam, London, Paris, Spain and Italy
1923 - Immigrates to Palestine. Settles in Jerusalem
1924 - Marries Dina (Clementine) Mayer. Birth of their daughter Dvora
1925 - First Visit to Brno, exhibits his work. In the following years continues to visit and exhibit in Czechoslovakia and Europe
1926 - Birth of his son Eliyahu (Elie)
1930 - Travels to Iraq and Iran with Wolfgang Von Weisel
1936 - Commissioned by the Museum of Biblical Antiquities in Brno to paint a panorama of Jerusalem, a view from the Mount of Olives. The painting is exhibited in Blum's studio and at the Tel Aviv Museum prior to its delivery
1936 - 37 Spends a few months in Brno, Czechoslovakia
1938 - 39 Resides in London for 18 months, paints portraits and participates in exhibitions
1946 - Eli Blum is killed in action during the Night of the Bridges, a Palmach operation
1947-65 - Settles in a studio in "Talita Kumi" in Jerusalem until its evacuation
1948 - Studio in Talita Kumi was bombed, destroying one painting
1948-49 - Volunteers to the Civil Guard in Jerusalem, guards in roadblocks, draws and paints figures and sites of Israel's War of Independence
1951-52 - A ten-months visit to the USA, exhibits and forms professional contacts
1964 - Death of his wife Dina
1968- Awarded the Honorary Citizen of Jerusalem title
July 28 1974 - Dies in Jerusalem
2000 - Plaque hanged on Blum's birth home in Líšeň
2014 - Ludwig Blum Street inauguration in Moza, Jerusalem