Harold Baumbach papers
name: label: Creator
content: Baumbach, Harold, 1903-
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1977 by Harold Baumbach.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baumbach, Harold, 1903-
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content: Harold Baumbach papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Harold Baumbach (1903-2002) was a painter and printmaker from New York, New York.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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baumharo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 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.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.