biografía de Gustave BAUMANN (1881-1971)

Lugar de nacimiento: Magdeburg, Germany

Lugar de defunción: Santa Fe, NM

Direcciones: Chicago, IL, 1891; Indiana; Santa Fe, NM, 1918

Profesión: Engraver, painter, craftsperson, writer

Estudios: AIC, 1897; Kunstgewerbeschule, Munich, 1905

Exposiciones: AIC 1906, 1909, 1915; Indianapolis MA, 1916, 1930 (solo), 1948 (solo); CGA, 1930, 1932; Pan-Pacific Expo., 1915 (gold med. for color woodcut); LACMA, 1919 (solo), 1925, 1926 (prize); Phila Pr. Cl., 1927; Fiesta Art Exhib. at Mus. NM, 1922-on; Roullier AG, Chicago (solo) 1925; BM, 1933; Chappell House, Denver (prize) 1936; WFNY, 1939; Mus. NM, 1950-on, including a retrospective, 1972; McNay AI, 1970; Brown Cnty. AG, 1976; Wm. Benton Mus., UCONN (retrospective) 1980; NMAA (Provincetown Printers exh.) 1984; BPL, 1985; Annex Gal., Santa Rosa, CA, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985.

Asociaciones: Palette & Chisel Cl, 1904; Santa Fe AC (founding mem.) 1920; Taos Soc. Artists (assoc. mem.) 1922; Soc. New Mexico Printers (founding mem.) 1922; Hon. Fellow, Sch. Am. Research, 1952.

Obra: AIC; Akron AI; Albuquerque MA; Albuquerque Pub. Lib; Amon Carter Mus.; Arkansas Art Center; BMFA; BPL; BM; Brooks Mem. AG; Brown Cnty. AG; Cincinnati AM; Cleveland MA; Colo. Springs FAC; Colo. State Univ.; Denver AM; Denver Pub. Lib.; Detroit IA; Fogg AM; Indianapolis MA; Cornell Univ. AM; Joslyn AM; LOC; LACMA; Madison AC (WI); MMA; NMAA; Newark Pub. Lib.; Nat. Gal., Toronto, Canada; NYPL; Philbrook AC; Roswell AM; Univ. Chicago; Skidmore Col.; Stark MA; Univ. Nebraska; Univ. NM; Williams Col. MA; Yale Univ. AG

Comentarios: A major color woodblock printer. Emigrated to Chicago as a young boy. He had strong ties to the Brown County (IN) colony, worked in Provincetown, and was one of the founders of the Santa Fe art colony along with John Sloan, Randall Davey, and Fremont Ellis. His book, Frijoles Canyon Pictographs 1940 was awarded Fifty Books of the Year (1940). WPA area coordinator.

Fuentes: WW59; exh. cats., Annex Gal., Santa Rosa, CA (1981 and 1985); WW47; P&H Samuels, 26; Eldredge, et al., Art in New Mexico, 1900-1945, 191.