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Brown County Autumn Landscape: Dark Trees in Foreground

Artist Gustave Baumann (American, 1881–1971)
Title Brown County Autumn Landscape: Dark Trees in Foreground
Date Ca. 1912
Medium Tempera, charcoal, and and black ink on paper
Dimensions Image: 5 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (14.9 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (18.4 × 23.8 cm)
Credit Line Gift of the Ann Baumann Trust, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2020.33

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

The colors and style of this work have similarities to Baumann's graphic design work and earlier woodcuts. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art’s collection includes another watercolor of a silhouetted tree with a somewhat similar palette (Eskenazi Museum of Art 2020.35).


Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.

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