Brown County Backyard

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Artist Gustave Baumann (American, 1881–1971)

Title Brown County Backyard

Date Ca. 1912

Medium Watercolor and charcoal on watercolor board

Dimensions Sight (visible image- mat adhered on edges): 8 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (21.9 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in. (24.8 × 33.3 cm)

Credit Line Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2020.27

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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.” While Baumann used colorful paintings on paper as the basis for his woodcuts, no corresponding print has been identified for this drawing nor is the exact location known.

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