Tamaqua

Walter Emerson Baum

oil on board, 24 x 30 inches

Framed

Signed Lower Right

Walter Emerson Baum, born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania in 1884, is the only New Hope Impressionists actually born in Bucks County. Widely celebrated for his Impressionist snow scenes in the tradition of Edward Redfield and Walter Schofield, his style was bold and painterly. Many of his canvases were painted using the plein-air style. Baum captured the now largely developed Pennsylvania countryside and farmland. He also depicted the charm of Main Street America as it once was. He was an extremely prolific painter and today his works are among the most sought-after paintings in the New Hope Impressionist School. Baum attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1905 to 1906. He was awarded over thirty prizes and awards from 1918 to 1957, including the Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal at the PAFA in 1925. Not only revered as a fine painter, Baum was a writer for the Sellersville Herald and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, where he was an art editor and wrote hundreds of newspaper articles in his career. Baum was a major force in the Lehigh Valley art world, as a teacher and a founder of the Allentown Art Museum and the Baum School of Art. Today his paintings hang in many major museums, including the Michener Art Museum, PAFA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Academy of Design, the Allentown Art Museum and Woodmere Art Museum. Baum's impact on the arts extended far beyond just his paintings or his writings. He offered art classes at his home for almost ten years between 1918 and 1926. In 1926, he began offering summer classes in Allentown. Within two years, he established the Kline-Baum school (later renamed to the Baum School of Art). Walter Emerson Baum died, where he was born, in 1956.

Additional work by this artist

Pennsylvania Winter

Pennsylvania Winter

Walter Emerson Baum
Old House

Old House

Walter Emerson Baum
Walter Baum Bethlehem Houses

Bethlehem Houses

Walter Emerson Baum
Winter Stream

Winter Stream

Walter Emerson Baum

Other works in Traditional

The Golden Hour

The Golden Hour

Albert Van Nesse Greene
Winter Fishermen

Winter Fishermen

Albert Van Nesse Greene
Old Swedes Church Winter

Old Swede's Church, Winter

Albert Van Nesse Greene

Other works in American Impressionism

Winter Quarry River House

Winter - Quarry River House

Albert Van Nesse Greene
Summer Stroll

Summer Stroll

Albert Van Nesse Greene
Old House

Old House

Walter Emerson Baum
Horses Feeding

Horses Feeding

Joseph Thurman Pearson, Jr.