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Sycamore Trees & Bridge with Village in Distance

Artist Gustave Baumann (American, 1881–1971)
Title Sycamore Trees & Bridge with Village in Distance
Date Ca. 1912
Medium Watercolor and tempera on paperboard
Dimensions Image: 8 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (22.5 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 13 3/8 in. (25.4 × 34 cm)
Credit Line Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2020.23

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About this Work

Gustave Baumann was one of the first printmakers associated with the Brown County Art Colony. In 1909, he became a part-time resident of Nashville, Indiana, and a close friend of painter T.C. Steele. Baumann continued to travel between southern Indiana and Chicago until 1916, because as he said: “I went to investigate art possibilities. Brown County was easy to commute to and I found that restful something we all yearn for. Life was simple; I could stay two months for $100.” Baumann used colorful paintings on paper as the basis for his woodcuts. While the exact location of this scene has not been firmly established nor has a corresponding print been identified, the village in the background may be that of Nashville, Indiana.

The format of this study with the color swatches along the edges has similiaries with another watercolor in the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Musuem of Art (Eskenazi Museum of Art 2020.30).


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