Beschreibung:

Signed Joe Lasker (LR) watercolor on paper titled
print titled, "Cedars, Grand Canyon". Gustav Baumann was a German immigrant who was born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1881. He moved with his family to Chicago in 1891 where at the age of 16, he became an apprentice in a commercial printmaking shop. There he learned methods of drafting and printmaking. After this, he opened his own business as a commerical artist and earned enough money to travel back to Germany and enrolled in the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Munich. When Baumann returned to Chicago in 1906, he resumed his career as a commerical artist and in 1909, executed his first limited edition color woodcuts which were exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago. Soon after he moved to New Mexico where he became enthralled with the artists community and vivid colors of the Southwest. During his years before he moved to New Mexico, Baumann developed his personal seal - the image of a human hand opened over the heart, a gesture meant to imply a heartfelt pledge or the symbol of giving - an appropriate symbol for a devoted craftsman who found ultimate fulfillment in working with his hands. Today, his genius and individuality are recognized and he is considered to be an American master of the color woodcut who passed away in New Mexico in 1971. Exhibitions of his woodcuts have been viewed across the country, and they are included in almost every major museum in the United States including the Museum of New Mexico, the Denver Art Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art. Site: 13.5"H x 12.5"W; Frame: 21"H x 20"W. Circa - First Half 20th C.