Walter emerson baum biography meaning
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Walter emerson baum biography meaning
Walter Emerson Baum
American artist and educator (1884–1956)
Walter Emerson Baum (December 14, 1884 – July 12, 1956) was an American visual artist and educator, active in the Bucks and Lehigh County areas of Pennsylvania.
In addition to being a prolific painter, Baum was also responsible for the founding of the Baum School of Art, and the Allentown Art Museum.[1]
Early life and education
Walter Emerson Baum was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania and is one of the few Pennsylvania impressionists from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Between 1904 and 1909, Baum studied with William B. T. Trego, taking lessons at Trego's home in North Wales, Pennsylvania, about 15 miles south of his native Sellersville. Baum attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in 1905 and 1906, where he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh H.
Breckenridge, William Merritt Chase, and Cecilia Beaux.
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