Of Mettlesome Order | Judith Lindbloom

Judith Lindbloom: Of Mettlesome Order, an exhibition of the later works of Judith Lindbloom, American Abstract Expressionist: evocative, fluid, rhythmic, and saturated. Join us on Thursday, October 2nd from 5 PM - 8 PM at RoehrSchmitt Architecture + Interiors for an opening reception celebrating her work and impact. Works include paintings and sketches, diverse in scale.

“I don’t know what I mean to achieve by my constant, daily effort and expense. It is clear to me that life and me all make more sense and are easier if I am painting, and so I do.” — Judith Lindbloom

Scheduled viewings available from October 3, 2025 until December 19, 2025. For scheduling and all other inquiries, please contact Natalie Singer natalie@roehrschmitt.com

This exhibition is curated by the Estate of Judith Lindbloom, organized and supported by the Estate of Judith

Judith Lindbloom b. 1933 d. 2016

Judith Lindbloom, born and raised in Detroit, MI, was one of the many artists who streamed to New York in the post-war years, drawn by the heady atmosphere and freedom to be found. Hard-living, she painted intently and persistently, throwing herself into the burgeoning art and jazz scene. She was particularly close to Gil Evans, Sonny Rollins, and Steve Lacy, spending long nights at the Cedar Street Tavern, smoking and drinking with New York compatriots Kline, de Kooning, Mitchell, and Chamberlain.

As her painting practice began attracting gallery interest, the bohemian lifestyle and recreational drug consumption proved an impediment. In 1964, her partner committed suicide, and Lindbloom was consumed by grief. She withdrew from her work and the shifting landscape of the New York postwar art scene, and would not resume painting for sixteen years.

She spent the decades prior to her death devoted to her art and reconnecting with jazz, rekindling her friendship with Steve Lacy, painting album covers, and pursuing gallery shows and representation. As she wrote to Lacy in 1995, “I just paint and get my peace and justice work done, in an antithetical environment that grows meaner and more repressive even as we speak.” She painted prolifically until her death in 2016.

Image: Judith Lindbloom, Stone Life, 1994, Acrylic & ink on paper, 11 x 17 in., Collection of the Estate of Judith Lindbloom