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Karl Herman Baumann

Karl Herman Baumann (1911 - 1984) was active/lived in California.  Karl Baumann is known for Modernist-leaning landscape, marine and still life painting.

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Karl Baumann was known primarily as a landscapist, but his subjects include cityscapes, seascapes and still-lifes. His fascination with nature as a theme is evident in many of his paintings where he seems to capture that element which eludes the average spectator. His landscapes, some abstract in nature, are often dominated by dramatic fields of color balancing against an unseen tension. Baumann's techniques display his intense interest in the behavior of paint as a texture and his skilled creation of color.

Born in Leipzig, Germany, Baumann emigrated in 1929 at age 18 to the United States and settled in San Francisco, California. There he worked as a commercial artist at Schmidt Lithograph with his father for about ten years.

Early in his childhood, he had spent time with his maternal grandparents, and it was his grandfather who helped Baumann develop his interest in art and nature. He started drawing at the age of five with no formal training in art.

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11 Book References for Karl Herman Baumann
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955 259 Yes
1939 Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus) Frontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
(Exhibition catalog)
111 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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