$7,500
Gustave Baumann (American, June 27, 1881-October 1971) "San Geronimo-Taos" color woodblock print; signed "Gustave Baumann" with hand in heart chop mark to bottom right as well as numbered "74/125"; titled to bottom left; framed and matted under glass; measures approximately 17-1/2" x 16" with frame and has a sight image of approximately 8-1/2" x 6-3/4"; in Very Good condition. Provenance: Property of private Central Virginia collection.Gustave Baumann was an American printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America. His works have been shown at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the New Mexico Museum of Art. He is also recognized for his role in the 1930s as area coordinator of the Public Works of Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Born in Magdeburg, Germany, at the age of 10, he moved to the United States with his family, and by age 17 he was working for an engraving house while attending night classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. He returned to Germany in 1904 to attend the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich where he studied wood carving and learned the techniques of wood block prints. After returning to the U.S. he began producing color woodcuts as early as 1908, earning his living as a graphic artist. He spent time in Brown County, Indiana as a member of the Brown County Art Colony, developing his printmaking technique. He followed the traditional E Read more…
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-02-20
