Archives of American Art

A Finding Aid to the Harold Baumbach Papers, 1934-1976, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.baumharo
Creators:
Baumbach, Harold, 1903-
Dates:
1934-1976
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The papers of Harold Baumbach measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1934 to 1976. The papers document Baumbach's career as a painter and printmaker through correspondence, including with Adolph Gottlieb, slides and transparencies of Baumbach and some of his artwork, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and various art newsletters edited by Maud Kemper Riley.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Harold Baumbach (1903-2002) was a painter and printmaker from New York, New York.
Born in New York City in 1903, Baumbach was a self-taught painter who began exhibiting his work in the 1930s. Baumbach started with landscape painting, but gradually moved to a more abstract style. From 1946 to 1966 he taught painting techniques at Brooklyn College and was one of the founders of the journal Art Front.
Baumbach died in 2002.

Administration

Author
Ricky Gomez
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel 2147 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1977 by Harold Baumbach.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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