Harden Hollow
<p>One from a series of four large prints, <em>Harden Hollow</em> displays the rolling hills in Brown County, Indiana, where the artist lived from 1910 to 1917. A farmer works diligently in the foreground, with buildings scattered throughout the undulating countryside, which is bathed in light that forces the eye deeper into the composition. Baumann included this work along with seven other color woodblock prints at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, where he was awarded a gold medal.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1912
- Dimensions
- Image: 50.2 × 67.7 cm (19 13/16 × 26 11/16 in.); Sheet: 54.8 × 72 cm (21 5/8 × 28 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Gustave Baumann
Artist
Painting
Gustave Baumann was an American printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America. His works have been shown at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the New Mexico Museum of Art. He is also recognized for his role in the 1930s as area coordinator of the Public Works of Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.
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- Gustave Baumann
- Year
- 1912
- Dimensions
- Image: 50.2 × 67.7 cm (19 13/16 × 26 11/16 in.); Sheet: 54.8 × 72 cm (21 5/8 × 28 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1912-119184
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified