Baumann's stunning woodcut prints of the great landscapes of the Southwest, the Pacific Coast, Grand Canyon and scenes of the artist colony days in Santa Fe are awash in brilliant hand-ground pigments that are delicately rugged and both personal and mystic. As these colours woodcuts attest, Baumann was a remarkable artist and craftsman.
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Independent, prolific, and influential, Gustave Baumann stands at the center of American woodcut printmaking in the first half of the century. He created vivid, brilliantly colorful nature-inspired scenes of rural American life and Indian cultures. His prints are simple and elegant studies rooted in a landscape that is both delicate and rugged. This award-winning book is the first published collection of his stunning oeuvre. Starting out as a commercial illustrator, at night Baumann studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, "to get nearer to art," and also briefly in Munich, refining the fundamentals of his artistic direction and creating his first woodcuts in a medium that would bring him international recognition. Baumann lived in Chicago and Brown County, Indiana, and then spent more than a half-century in Santa Fe, taking frequent side trips about the West and California and creating his most beloved prints. AIGA, Fifty Best Books, 1993. RMBPA, Best Illustrated Book, 1994. AAM, Design Competition, Second Prize, 1994
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A nicely crafted book that covers all bases in this artists career. Great reproductions of the prints, well-written text and a solid book to hold in your hand. History on Baumann covers beginning of career to the end with just a touch of the technical side of this art form. Certainly inspired me!
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Fantastic Imagery,
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While the collection of images included is not exhaustive of all work done by Baumann, it provides a thorough sampling of his life work and details the process by which he created his masterpieces. Excellent book. FYI, my understanding is that a new compendium will be done in 2008 that should be a good complement to this book.
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This Gustave Bauman book is a wonderful gem. I ordered it for my Christmas present and was not disappointed. I love his woodblock designs and the reproduction quality in the book is clear; easy to see. I would recommend this to anyone who likes woodblock prints or arts and crafts design.
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In 1915, nine years after a devastating earthquake, San Francisco hosted The Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, Brown County, New York, San Francisco, Grand Canyon, Frijoles Canyon, Gustave Baumann, All the Year Round, Museum of Fine Arts, Native American, The Art Institute of Chicago, Arthur Wesley Dow, World War, Adolph Shulz, Chisel Club, Curtis Gandy, Edna Boies Hopkins, Walter Ufer New!
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, Brown County, New York, San Francisco, Grand Canyon, Frijoles Canyon, Gustave Baumann, All the Year Round, Museum of Fine Arts, Native American, The Art Institute of Chicago, Arthur Wesley Dow, World War, Adolph Shulz, Chisel Club, Curtis Gandy, Edna Boies Hopkins, Walter Ufer New!
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- American Graphic Art by Frank Weitenkampf in Back Matter
- Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection by Joan Carpenter Troccoli in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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