ALFONS BAUMGART ANTIQUE MINNESOTA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD 1930s

Description: RARE AND FASCINATING ANTIQUE MINNESOTA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY ESTEEMED RUSSIAN-AMERICAN PAINTER ALFONS ALFRED BAUMGART. (Russian-American 1887-1962). THIS WORK DEPICTS AN EARLY MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE SCENE COMPRISED OF A TRANQUIL BLUE LAKE NESTLED ADMIST TOWERING TREES AND LUSH FOLIAGE. EVERY BRUSHSTROKE CAPTURES THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, EVOKING A SENSE OF MOVEMENT AND VITALITY, AND INVITING THE VIEWER TO STEP INTO THE SCENE. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. SIGNED BY ALFONS ALFRED BAUMGART. IT DATES AROUND THE 1930s. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR FROM AGE. DIMENSIONS: 22” H x 29” W Alfons Baumgart was born in Russia and he traveled throughout Europe and the United States as a child architect who designed large Cathedrals and Church As a boy, Baumgart was fascinated with his father's He especially enjoyed watching the artists as they created and painted murals throughout the building his father had designed. At an early age, Baumgart started drawing and shaping designs of his own. H father was very impressed with his son's ideas and were incorporated into the work of his father. His interest in art continued to grow during his adol years and he graduated from the Royal Academy of Munich, Germany In 1905. He was a special studer Herrmann Brusch and continued to study throughol Europe and the United States from 1905 to 1913. Baumgart lived in Minneapolis for most of his adult working as an artist, interior decorator, and art instr He exhibited at The Beard Art Gallery in Minneapoli: during the early 1900s. Many of Minnesota's large early churches have mur and other architectural designs that were created b Baumgart. He also designed murals for many othe buildings in the area which included: the old Radiss Hotel, the Dyckman Hotel, and Bridgeman's Ice Crea Parlor on Hennepin Ave. 1908 publication EUSSIA3 ABTTST WILL LOCATE IN MINNEAPOLIS I ' V Alfred Alfoua Baumgart, a young Rus-! slan artist who speaks five languages! and has been all over tbe world, la a I rercnt acquisition to the art colony of! Minneapolis. Mr. Baumgart makes al specialty of Interior decorations and It! was at the instance of a Minneapolis i family whose home he decorated at I Miami. Florida, that ho was prevailed; upon to make his permanent home in : Minneapolis. He Is a graduate of the art institute of Munich. Barvaria, and was a special pupil of Herrmann Brusrh. Mr. Baumgart has his studio at the Min-neapolls school of music, oratory and dramatic art. He will have a collection; of his painting exhibited at Beard's art gallery In the near future.. United States Minnesota Minneapolis Star Tribune 1908 Oct 04

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