early life and career david ludwig bloch was a german-jewish artist born on march 25, 1910, in floss, bavaria. he lost his hearing as a child due to meningitis, which led him to develop a unique visual perspective. bloch began his artistic journey as a porcelain painter and later worked as a printmaker. in the 1940s, he created vivid depictions of life as a refugee in the shanghai ghetto. artistic style and influences bloch's impressionistic and naturalistic watercolors and woodcuts reflect his own artistic upbringing, blending western influences with chinese traditional aesthetics. his works…