Gustave Baumann

Gustave Baumann
Born(1881-06-27)June 27, 1881
Magdeburg, Germany
DiedOctober 8, 1971(1971-10-08) (aged 90)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
NationalityGerman, American
Alma materKönigliche Kunstgewerbeschule München
Known forPrintmaking, marionettes, painting

Gustave Baumann (June 27, 1881 – October 8, 1971) was an American printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Prints With/Out Pressure: American Relief Prints from the 1940s through the 1960s, New York Public Library
  2. ^ Honorees list [dead link], Living Treasures Oral History Collection, 1982-, University of New Mexico University Libraries
  3. ^ Gustave Baumann, Smithsonian American Art Museum