13 Facts About Gustave Baumann

Gustave Baumann was an American printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America.

Gustave Baumann's works have been shown at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the New Mexico Museum of Art.

Gustave Baumann is recognized for his role in the 1930s as area coordinator of the Public Works of Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.

Gustave Baumann was born in Magdeburg, Germany, and moved to the United States in 1891 with his family.

Gustave Baumann returned to Germany in 1904 to attend the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich where he studied wood carving and learned the techniques of wood block prints.

Gustave Baumann spent time in Brown County, Indiana as a member of the Brown County Art Colony, developing his printmaking technique.

Gustave Baumann followed the traditional European method of color relief printing using oil-based inks and printing his blocks on a small press.

In Santa Fe, Gustave Baumann befriended many local artists and took part in various community celebrations.

Gustave Baumann made the head of the first Zozobra and carved and performed with marionettes.

Gustave Baumann was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists and the Taos Society of Artists.

Gustave Baumann remained in Santa Fe for more than fifty years until his death there in 1971.

Gustave Baumann's work depicted southwestern landscapes, ancient Indian petroglyphs, scenes of pueblo life, and gardens and orchards.

Gustave Baumann's work is held in the permanent collections of the Albuquerque Museum, Akron Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Indianapolis Museum of Art New Mexico Museum of Art, Stark Museum of Art, among other venues.