Artist: Harold Baumbach (American, 1904-2002) Title: Untitled Audio: Date: 1980 Dimensions: 50″ x 40″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Harold Baumbach. © Artist’s Estate Description: A self-taught painter, Baumbach became well known in the 1930’s for his densely patterned street scenes and Brooklyn interiors. He later turned to landscapes, which were less figurative and more impressionistic and expressive. A review in ARTnews explained, “His real subject was not the world outside of himself but the stuff and texture and light of paint.” This painting, which contains dreamlike trees in an abstract setting, explores color and spatial relations. Baumbach taught painting at Brooklyn College from 1946 to 1966. Related Websites– Harold Baumbach at PicassoMio– Harold Baumbach at Julie Heller Gallery
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American, 1911-1972 Untitled (Landscape), c.1935-1943 Oil on canvas 16 1/2” x 24” The Brooklyn College Library Collection After immigrating to New York, the Russian born Pantuhoff lived in Greenwich Village where he came into contact with the emerging Abstract Expressionists. Pantuhoff, however, followed a different path. Although he first painted portraits of distinguished individuals such as Princess Grace of Monaco and Laurence S. Rockefeller, he eventually became best known for his big-eye portraits in the 1960s. In this eerie landscape, Pantuhoff uses abstract forms to create the swirling patterns of an uneven hillside. The uncanny, delicate trees evoke movement and emotion. Federal Art Project Living New Deal
