page_title: Matt Baumgardner
hierarchical_section_title: Matt Baumgardner
caption_attribution_description: English: Matt Baumgardner, 1995
context_page_description: Matthew Clay Baumgardner was an American contemporary artist and National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship winner whose work was featured in multiple public and private collections including the Gibbes Museum of Art and the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, SC. After graduating with an MFA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982, he was a fixture for over three decades in New York City's art scene.
  Since leaving New York for Travelers Rest, South Carolina in 2006 he has been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers and online articles some of which focus on his art and others on his home and studio.
context_section_description: Matthew Clay Baumgardner (February 5, 1955 - November 20, 2018) was an American contemporary artist and National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship winner whose work was featured in multiple public and private collections including the Gibbes Museum of Art and the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, SC.  After graduating with an MFA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982, he was a fixture for over three decades in New York City's art scene.
  Since leaving New York for Travelers Rest, South Carolina in 2006 he has been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers and online articles some of which focus on his art and others on his home and studio.
caption: The Fire Inside, 1995
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