Old Munich
<p>Gustave Baumann began his artistic career in woodblock printing as a student as at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Arts and Crafts School) in Munich, which was the center of commercial German block printing in color in the early 1900s. This color linocut of a local residence is the second version of a print depicting the same subject made the previous month; however, in this iteration the intensity of the colors has been reduced for a more subdued effect. Baumann also added a higher degree of detail in the clouds and in the shadows evoked by the overhanging trees.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1905
- Dimensions
- Image: 48.3 × 42.3 cm (19 1/16 × 16 11/16 in.); Sheet: 57.5 × 45.4 cm (22 11/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Gustave Baumann
Artist
Painting
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 Cleveland 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.
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- Gustave Baumann
- Year
- 1905
- Dimensions
- Image: 48.3 × 42.3 cm (19 1/16 × 16 11/16 in.); Sheet: 57.5 × 45.4 cm (22 11/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1905-054740
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified