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Period: 20th Century
S, Hockney's Alphabet, David Hockney
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper. Paper Size: 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hockney's ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Klimt, Kirche am Wolfgangsee, Gustav Klimt, Eine Nachlese (after)
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure, collotype, metallic inks on vélin paper. Paper Size: 18.86 x 17.91 inches; image size: 12.01 x 12.09 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued....
Category
Symbolist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Klimt, Sonnenblumen, Gustav Klimt, Eine Nachlese (after)
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure, collotype, metallic inks on vélin paper. Paper Size: 18.86 x 17.91 inches; image size: 12.09 x 12.2 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. ...
Category
Symbolist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Le Chat, Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cinésias et Myrrhine (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Composition, Heart of Darkness, Sean Scully
By Sean Scully
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching in colors on vélin de Lana Royal paper. Paper Size: 11.93 x 9.81 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Heart of Darkness, 1992. Publ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Praise, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Agnes Martin
By Agnes Martin
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on vélin Dalton natural bond paper. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. P...
Category
Minimalist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink
Le Serment des femmes (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Greta, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 18.5 x 24.25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by C...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Illeana II, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 23.5 x 31.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by Galerie La Vigne, Paris, in an edi...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kelly, Composition (Axsom I-a, page 176), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 110, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Diane, John Kacere
By John Kacere
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 19 x 28 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and unnumbered A.P., as issued. Notes: Published and printed by Circle...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Braque, Paysage a L'estaque, Fauves, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1972
Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collec...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lapicque, Composition, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches Arjomari paper
Year: 1965
Paper Size: 11.81 x 9.45 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Lettr...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
L'Enfer XIX (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
GARDEN ROMANCE Signed Lithograph, Black Couple Portrait, Lovers, Flower Garden
Located in Union City, NJ
GARDEN ROMANCE by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed on archival Somerset paper using t...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 15 x 11.25 inches
Catalogue ...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Elms, Modern Etching by Linda Plotkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Linda Plotkin, American (1938 - ) - Two Elms, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/120, Image Size: 22 x 18 inches, Size...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Téléphone-homard cybernétique (M/L 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, silkscreen, drypoint, and collage on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Inscription: hand signed and numbered, I-70/250, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Imaginat...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
LOBSTER and OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (1891 1978)
KAMPF (BATTLE - LOBSTER and OCTOPUS) c. 1928
Color linoleum cut Signed in pencil. Image 8 5/8 x 8 11/16”
In excellent condition and full ...
Category
Vienna Secession 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Linocut
Brass Section (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70-77), Jazz Series
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: hand signed and numbered, 110/175, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the Jazz Series, 1979. Published by London Arts Group, Detr...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Tribe of Zebulun, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, . Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Déco...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sky Day Sailboat Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Fran Bull
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Fran Bull
Title: Sky Day Sailboat
Year: 1979
Medium Type: Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper
Size-Width Size-Height: 20.25'' x 29.75'' inches
Signed Edition Size: si...
Category
Photorealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Tribe of Issachar, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Décora...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Renoir, Louis Valtat, Les Lithographies de Renoir (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané à la marque de l'éditeur paper.
Year: 1951
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; image size: 11.02 x 8.66 inches
Inscription: Signed in th...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
de Vlaminck, Chataigneraie à Chatou, Fauves, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1972
Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collec...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Other Side, Modern Screenprint in the style of Felix Vallotton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist, in the style of Felix Vallotton - The Other Side, Year: 1974, Medium: Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 16/80, Image Size: 15 x 21 inch...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Chagall, Tribe of Benjamin, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Décora...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hölle VI (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Composition, World Federation of United Nations Associations, Alexander Calder
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and original issue World Federation of United Nations Associations postage stamp on vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Publis...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lines in Four Directions, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on vélin d’Arches Satine paper. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Publi...
Category
Minimalist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink
Picasso, Mother and Child (Orozco 95), Picasso (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper
Year: 1946
Paper Size: 18.75 x 12.625 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Bloch 1276; Czwiklitzer 23), Toros y Toreros (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961. Published by aux Éditions Cercle d'...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Ski West United Airlines vintage travel poster 1975
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1975 United Airlines Ski West Vintage Travel Poster – Mid-Century Modern Artwork. Archival linen-backed and in Grade A- condition, ready for Framing. The images displayed are of the exact vintage poster you will receive.
Experience the golden era of travel with this rare original United Airlines "Ski West" vintage travel poster from 1975. Created during a time when air travel embodied elegance and adventure, this striking piece provides a vibrant glimpse into mid-century advertising and ski culture. Showcasing bold typography and colorful, eye-catching artwork, the “Ski West” poster embodies the thrill of powdery slopes and the promise of unforgettable ski vacations in the American West.
Ideal for vintage art collectors, travel enthusiasts, or anyone looking for a chic retro touch in their decor, this piece authentically showcases 1970s graphic design. It blends bold colors with minimalistic yet striking visuals.
Whether you collect United Airlines memorabilia...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Offset
Chicago Skyline
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful turn-of-the-century lake view of Chicago by an American artist known for his Texas landscapes.
Etching with drypoint on watermarked Umbria laid paper with deckle edges, 7 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (182 x 275 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/25 in pencil, lower margin. In good condition with adhesive residue at the sheet edges on the verso, does not show through to the recto. A lovely Lake Michigan landscape...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint
Picasso, Le Goût du Bonheur 64 (Cramer 148; Bloch 2013) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
I Castelli Romani - Vintage Poster after Neal Slavin - 1983
By Neal Slavin
Located in Roma, IT
I Castelli Romani is a splendid poster realized by Neal Slavin, in 1983, for the exhibition held in Rondanini Gallery in Rome.
Offset print, in very good conditions.
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset
“Skogskanten” (Winter Landscape with Spruce Trees)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Oskar Bergman (Stockholm 1879–1963 Saltsjöbaden)
“Skogskanten” (Winter Landscape with Spruce Trees)
signed "Oskar Bergman" in pencil
drypoint etching
image size: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 ...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Night Shadows
By Edward Hopper
Located in Storrs, CT
Night Shadows. 1921. Etching. Levin 82. 7 x 8 3/8 (sheet 10 x 13 7 1/16).s Series: Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924. Edition approximately 500-600. Illustrate...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dalí, Composition (Field 69-5, A-M), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on Papeterie de Mandeure vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
V, Hockney's Alphabet, David Hockney
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper. Paper Size: 12.75 x 9.75 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hockney's ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí, Composition (Field 69-5, A-M), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on Papeterie de Mandeure vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
LAKE TAHOE - One of Gearhart's Most Sought after Block Prints
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958)
LAKE TAHOE c. 1933
Color block print, signed and titled in pencil on her typical fibrous Japan paper 10 7/8 x 12”. Full sheet 12 ¾ x 14 3/8” with t...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Chagall, Tribe of Dan, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, . Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Déco...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kandinsky, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 60-61, 1953. Published by A...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Moon Landscape - Original lithograph, Handsigned and Numbered /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Tiger TATEISHI (1941 - 1998)
Moon Landscape, 1973
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /100
On vellum 82.5 x 58.5 cm (c. 33 x 23 in)
Exce...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
STORM LINED - Large Format Gearhart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958)
STORM LINED c.1936
Color block print, signed and titled in pencil 13 ¼ x 10 1/8, full sheet 14 3/8 x 11 ¼” with deckle edge on her typical fibrous Ja...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Color, Woodcut
Original Metropole Messageries Maritimes Union Francaise vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original antique French lithograph travel poster: Metropole Messageries Maritimes Union Francaise. Artist: Poulain. This unicorn-style sea creature is intertwined between t...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Tribe of Judah, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, . Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Déco...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Los Toros Avec Picasso (Set of Three in Gold Frames)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: La Pique (I), Jeu de la Cape (III), Les Banderilles (IV)
Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Medium: Set of three transfer lithographs
Date: 1961
Edition...
Category
20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cambridge Midsummer Fair
Located in Middletown, NY
A peaceful image by Britian's first official war artist.
Drypoint printed in brownish black ink on fibrous, laid Japon paper, 3 3/8 x 6 5/16 inches (85 x 161 mm), full margins. Sign...
Category
Realist 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Drypoint
The Mock Turtle's Story, from Alice in Wonderland
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Heliogravure
Title: The Mock Turtle's Story
Portfolio: 1969 Alice in Wonderland
Year: 1969
Edition: 2430/2500
Frame Size: 24 1/4" x 19 1/2"
Sheet Size: ...
Category
20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Dufy, Composition, Eaux-de-vie, Esprit de la fleur et du fruit (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Bernard Klein, éditeur, Paris, February 26, 1954. Notes: ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
'Taos Placita' — American Southwest Regionalist Masterwork
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Gustave Baumann, 'Taos Placita', color woodcut, 1947, edition 125. Baumann 132. Signed, titled, and numbered '20-125' in pencil; with the artist’s Hand-in-Heart chop. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on fibrous oatmeal wove paper; the full sheet with margins (2 to 3 1/8 inches); slight rippling at the left sheet edge, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 9 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (244 x 286 mm); sheet size 13 1/4 x 17 inches (337 x 432 mm).
Collections: New Mexico Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Wichita Art Museum.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) was a renowned printmaker and a leading figure of the American color woodcut revival whose exquisite craftsmanship and vibrant imagery captured the essence of the Southwest.
"A brilliant printmaker, Baumann brought to the medium a full mastery of the craft of woodworking that he acquired from his father, a German cabinetmaker. This craftsmanship was coupled with a strong artistic training that resulted in the handsome objects we see in the exhibition today. After discovering New Mexico in 1918, Baumann began to explore in his woodblock prints of this period the light. color, and architectural forms of that landscape. His prints of this period are among the most beautiful and poetic images of the American West."
—Lewis I. Sharp, Director, Denver Art Museum
Baumann, the son of a craftsman, immigrated to the United States from Germany with his family when he was ten, settling in Chicago. From 1897 to 1904, he studied in the evenings at the Art Institute of Chicago, working in a commercial printmaking shop during the day. In 1905, he returned to Germany to attend the Kunstwerbe Schule in Munich, where he decided on a career in printmaking. He returned to Chicago in 1906 and worked for a few years as a graphic designer of labels.
Baumann made his first prints in 1909 and exhibited them at the Art Institute of Chicago the following year. In 1910, he moved to the artists’ colony in Nashville, Indiana, where he explored the creative and commercial possibilities of a career as a printmaker. In 1915, he exhibited his color woodcuts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, winning the gold medal.
Among Baumann’s ongoing commercial activities was his work for the Packard Motor Car Company from 1914 to 1920 where he produced designs, illustrations, and color woodcuts until 1923.
In 1919, Baumann’s printmaking work dominated the important exhibition of American color woodcuts at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Twenty-six of his prints were included, far more than the works of any other artist. A set of his blocks, a preparatory drawing, and seven progressive proofs complemented the exhibition. That same year, Baumann worked in New York and, over the summer, in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His airy images of Cape Cod employed soft, pastel colors and occasionally showed the influence of the white-line woodcut technique.
Many of his Chicago artist friends had traveled to the southwest, and Baumann became intrigued by their paintings, souvenirs, and stories of an exotic place named Taos, New Mexico. In the summer of 1918, he spent the summer in Taos sketching and painting before visiting Santa Fe. Paul Walter, the director of the Museum of New Mexico, offered him a studio in the museum's basement. Inspired by the rugged beauty of the Southwest—the vibrant colors and dramatic landscapes of the region became a central theme in his work, influencing his artistic style and subject matter for the remainder of his career. Later in the decade, he traveled to the West Coast and made prints of California landscape.
Baumann's prints became synonymous with the Southwest, capturing the spirit of its place in America's identity with a unique sense of authenticity and reverence. His iconic images of desert vistas, pueblo villages, and indigenous cultures served as visual tributes to the region's rich cultural heritage, earning him a dedicated following among collectors and curators alike.
A true craftsman and artist, Baumann completed every step of the printmaking process himself, cutting each block, mixing the inks, and printing every impression on the handmade paper he selected. His dedication to true craftsmanship and his commitment to preserving the integrity of his artistic vision earned him widespread acclaim and recognition within the art world. About the vibrant colors he produced, Baumann stated, “A knowledge of color needs to be acquired since they don’t all behave the same way when ground or mixed...careful chemistry goes into the making of colors, with meticulous testing for permanence. While complicated formulae evolve new colors, those derived from Earth and metal bases are still the most reliable.”
In the 1930s, Baumann became interested in puppet theater. He designed and carved his own marionettes and established a little traveling company. From 1943 to 1945, the artist carved an altarpiece for the Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe. In 1952, a retrospective exhibition of his prints was mounted at the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts. Throughout his prolific career, Baumann executed nearly four hundred color woodcuts.
Baumann’s woodcuts...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut