Clayson Baker - Artist Info

About Clayson Baker

  • Biography

    Note from Shelly Blake:

    Clayson Baker was born in Hillisburg, Indiana in 1908. He moved to
    Indianapolis when he was 12. In 1940, he began oil painting in the fields of still-life, portrait and landscape. He studied landscape painting under George Jo Mess and portrait paining under Simon Baus.
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    The following is from Kent Van Tyle, Indianapolis, Indiana. He cites the book "Brown County Art and Artists" by the Brown County Art Association:

    A native of Hillisburg, Indiana, Clayson Baker (1909-1975) studied with George Jo Mess and Simon Baus. He was a member of the Hoosier Salon and the Brown County Art Gallery and exhibited widely throughout Indiana. He...

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