Gustave Baumann: Cottonwood in Tassel

Gustave Baumann (American, b. Germany, 1881 1971) studied in Munich at a time when some of the world s most innovative block printing was being done there. In 1918 he moved to the American Southwest, where for more than fifty years he captured the crystalline light and rich colors of ...more

Early in his career Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) lived in Chicago and spent time in rural Indiana and the Northeast, but he found his true home in New Mexico. He moved to Santa Fe in 1918 and spent the rest of his life there, producing a wealth of woodblock prints depicting ...more

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 ...more

Famous colour woodcut printmaker, Gustave Baumann was a superb woodcarver who was captivated by puppet theatre. In the 1930s, Baumann carved a collection of marionettes for plays he wrote about New Mexico's cultural heritage. Featuring twenty-five marionettes photographed from the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts (Museum of ...more

This book reveals the technique of a man who is among the most influential and beloved printmakers of the twentieth century. Being fastidious and infinitely patient, Baumann saved many of his preliminary drawings and progressive proofs, leaving behind a fascinating and intricate story of his creative process. Hand of a ...more