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Follow on Google News | Gustave Baumann: A Legacy Honored in Santa FeThe New Mexico Museum of Art presents two exhibitions this summer celebrating Baumann. Through Sep 2, 2011 is Gustave Baumann: Painter, Printmaker, and Puppeteer; opening July 1, 2011 is The Prints of Gustave Baumann.
By: Steve Cantrell The New Mexico Museum of Art is presenting two exhibitions this summer celebrating Baumann, his prodigious creativity, and his love for New Mexico. On view through September 2, 2011 in the Governor’s Gallery at the New Mexico State Capitol is "Gustave Baumann: Painter, Printmaker, and Puppeteer;" and opening July 1, 2011 at the New Mexico Museum of Art is "The Prints of Gustave Baumann." Both exhibitions were curated by Merry Scully, curator of the Governor’s Gallery. "Gustave Baumann: Painter, Printmaker, and Puppeteer" is a playful exhibition representing Baumann’s diversity of artistic production. Opaque watercolor studies and preparatory sketches are paired with the popular color woodblock prints they inspired. The sketches and watercolors selected highlight the artist’s craftsmanship and working process. Baumann’s handmade marionettes are illustrated with a series of drawn studies for the carving of the puppets. The artist’s marionette portraits of himself and his daughter, Ann, greet visitors to the exhibition, and a staged vignette from Baumann’s marionette play, Christmas on Guimbo Island fills a large display case. The artwork and puppets are from the Museum of Art’s comprehensive collection of Gustave Baumann materials. "The Prints of Gustave Baumann," at the New Mexico Museum of Art and continuing through December 2011, centers around Baumann’s print making process. The exhibit includes a sequence of prints and opaque watercolor studies illustrating Baumann’s woodcut printmaking process, a couple of the blocks the artist carved and used to produce the print Spring Blossoms, and a selection of the artist’s finest color woodcut prints. Prints of New Mexico and a series of color woodcut prints depicting the rugged coast and mammoth trees of Northern California round out the exhibition. "The Prints of Gustave Baumann" opening will be celebrated with a Family Friendly Ice Cream Social, part of the Museum’s ongoing Free Friday Evening events. The New Mexico Museum of Art has a special affection for and relationship with Gustave Baumann and his legacy. Having spent the summer of 1918 in Taos at the suggestion of artist Walter Ufer, Baumann was returning home to Chicago when he stopped in Santa Fe to see an exhibit of prints that he had organized at the newly opened Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico (now the New Mexico Museum of Art). Enchanted with New Mexico, and Santa Fe in particular, he began planning a way to earn the money to finance a relocation to New Mexico. But then, the museum’s curator, Paul Walter, secured Baumann a small loan and studio space in the basement of the art museum. Baumann readily accepted and in just a short time became one of Santa Fe’s most beloved and respected artists, a standing not dimmed since his death in August 1971. Baumann’s artistic spirit lives on in his faithfully recreated Santa Fe studio located in the historic Palace Press at the New Mexico History Museum. This permanent installation is reveals the tools and workspace of a meticulous craftsman who made his own inks and imported special linen papers from Germany. Exhibition images may be found on the Museum of New Mexico media center at http:media.museumofnewmexico.org. Media Contacts: Merry Scully Curator of the Governor’s Gallery 505.476.5058 merry.scully@ Steve Cantrell Public Relations Manager 505-476-1144 steve.cantrell@ # # # The Museum of New Mexico founded in 1909 is composed of four museums (Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Museum of International Folk Art, NM Museum of Art, NM History Museum/Palace of the Governors) located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. End
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