A native of Indianapolis, he attended the Herron Art School under J. Otis Adams and William Forsyth as well as Otto Stark. Charter Member of the Indiana Artists Club, Member of the Indianapolis Art... Read full biography
A native of Indianapolis, he attended the Herron Art School under J. Otis Adams and William Forsyth as well as Otto Stark. Charter Member of the Indiana Artists Club, Member of the Indianapolis Art Association and Portfolio Club. Mr. Baus was best known for his portraiture but also produced... Read full biography
A native of Indianapolis, he attended the Herron Art School under J. Otis Adams and William Forsyth as well as Otto Stark. Charter Member of the Indiana Artists Club, Member of the Indianapolis Art Association and Portfolio Club. Mr. Baus was best known for his portraiture but also produced beautiful still-lifes and landscapes. He received numerous awards: The First Wanamaker Prize, 1909; J. I. Holcomb Prize, 1919; Indianapolis Art Association Award, 1921; Foulke Prize, Richmond; Studebaker... Read full biography
A native of Indianapolis, he attended the Herron Art School under J. Otis Adams and William Forsyth as well as Otto Stark. Charter Member of the Indiana Artists Club, Member of the Indianapolis Art Association and Portfolio Club. Mr. Baus was best known for his portraiture but also produced beautiful still-lifes and landscapes. He received numerous awards: The First Wanamaker Prize, 1909; J. I. Holcomb Prize, 1919; Indianapolis Art Association Award, 1921; Foulke Prize, Richmond; Studebaker Prize, Hoosier Salon; Griffith and Kittle Prize; Reynolds Prize, Summer Hoosier Salon; many other awards at the Indiana State Fair. His work was/is represented in the Herron Art Museum; Richmond Art Gallery; State House Collection of Governors and... Read full biography
A native of Indianapolis, he attended the Herron Art School under J. Otis Adams and William Forsyth as well as Otto Stark. Charter Member of the Indiana Artists Club, Member of the Indianapolis Art Association and Portfolio Club. Mr. Baus was best known for his portraiture but also produced beautiful still-lifes and landscapes. He received numerous awards: The First Wanamaker Prize, 1909; J. I. Holcomb Prize, 1919; Indianapolis Art Association Award, 1921; Foulke Prize, Richmond; Studebaker Prize, Hoosier Salon; Griffith and Kittle Prize; Reynolds Prize, Summer Hoosier Salon; many other awards at the Indiana State Fair. His work was/is represented in the Herron Art Museum; Richmond Art Gallery; State House Collection of Governors and private collections. Source: "Indiana Artists (active) 1940" by Flora Lauter. Information subm... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Those Brown County Artists The Ones Who Came; The Ones Who Stayed
1993
Nesbit, Joanne (Editor)
235 pages (color)
A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
1993
Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss
479 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Portraits and Painters of the Governors of Indiana 1800-1978
1978
Peat, Wilbur D
104 pages (color)
Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937 (Exhibition catalog)
1937
Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index