The landscape, light, atmosphere, and colors of the Southwest are the focus of Gustave Baumann’s work. Still lifes, landscapes, and floral compositions are included here, along with a few images he created from his time in the Midwest. The original prints from which the drawings were created are reproduced on the inside covers, in full color—in case you want to replicate their colors.

48 pages with 22 images to color

• Soft cover book with staple binding
• High-quality paper perfect for colored pencils, pens, and markers
• Printed with soy-based inks
• Sturdy cover to ensure long-lasting enjoyment
• Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed

Published with the New Mexico Museum of Art

Size: 8.5 x 11 x .25 in.

ISBN 9780764958632

Gustave Baumann

Gustave Baumann (American, 1881–1971) drew on the invigorating influences of European and American artists, along with watercolor painters and Native American potters, to produce complex color woodblock prints that reveal a country both delicate and rugged, personal and mythic. Brought from Germany to Chicago as a boy, Baumann supported his family financially while still a teenager, when he worked at an engraver’s and discovered an affinity for printmaking. He took night classes in art and saved enough money to study block printing in Munich. Back in the United States, his travels brought him to New Mexico, where he perfected his signature style and for more than 50 years captured the crystalline light and rich colors of the Southwest with affection and subtlety.