Early Life and Education David Ludwig Bloch (Floß, 1910 – New York, September 16, 2002) was a German-Jewish American lithographer and painter. Despite losing his hearing as a child due to meningitis—a formative experience that profoundly shaped his artistic vision—Bloch pursued formal training diligently. He enrolled in a school for the deaf in Munich (now the Academy of Fine Arts), graduating in 1923, where he honed his skills in dra…