Walter Emerson Baum Art
American, 1884-1956
Born of Pennsylvania Dutch extraction on December 14, 1884, Walter Baum painted among the villages and cities of these people.
A pupil of W. T. Trego and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, he was a member of many organizations, including the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Germantown Art League, the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Associate of the National Academy of Design in New York, the Salmagundi Club, the Woodmere Art League, and many others.
Baum was the art editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, editor of the Sellersville Herald, a contributing artist of the Curtis Publishing Company, an illustrator for Story Classics, director of the Allentown Museum and head of Kline-Baum Art School in Allentown, PA. He was also a member of the New Hope Art Associates.
The artist was a recipient of many awards, including the bronze medal from the American Artists' Exhibition in Philadelphia; the Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal from the Pennsylvania Academy; the Zabriskie Prize from the American Watercolor Society; and the Purchase Prize from the Buck Hill Art Association.
He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy Annual Oil and Watercolor Exhibition; the Corcoran Art Gallery Biennial, Washington, D.C.; the National Academy of Design, New York; the Chicago Art Institute; and at many others throughout the country.
Baum's paintings are represented in many private and permanent collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Toledo Art Museum, National Academy of Design, and the collection of the late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Walter Emerson Baum died in 1956.
(Biography provided by FOMOBOY)
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Old House, Regional Pennsylvania Impressionist Summer Landscape
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Summer Day" is a 30" x 36" oil on canvas landscape in Bucks County, by Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Walter Emerson Baum. The painting features a rural Buck...
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By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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1930s American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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"Bucks County Mill"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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"The Narrows"
By Walter Emerson Baum
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1930s American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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"Perkiomen Mills"
By Walter Emerson Baum
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Walter Emerson Baum (1884-1956). Portrait of a Nude Red Headed Woman, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches; 24 x 28 inches framed. Signed lower r...
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By Walter Emerson Baum
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Oil on board with interesting study on reverse side.
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1920s American Other Vintage Walter Emerson Baum Art
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Scrap Wood
"Pennsylvania Dutch Village"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956)
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1930s American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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"Road to Argus"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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"Lehigh County Village"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956)
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"Road to Ridge Valley"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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1930s American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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"Winter Sunlight"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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1930s American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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"Snow Covered Village"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956)
Born in Sellersville, Pe...
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1930s American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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"Winter Near the Creek"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956)
Born in Sellersville, Pe...
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20th Century American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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Oil, Canvas
"Fresh Snow"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956).
Born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Walter Baum was one of the only membe...
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20th Century American Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum Art
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