George Herbert Baker (February 14, 1878 – March 11, 1943) was an American Impressionist artist who worked primarily in the Richmond, Indiana area and was a member of the "

Richmond Group The Richmond Group also known as the Richmond School, is a group of American Impressionist painters who worked in the Richmond, Indiana, area from the late 19th Century through the mid-20th Century. While the Richmond Group had no formal organizatio ...

" of painters. He worked in

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

, watercolor and pastels. He worked for a time in Brown County, Indiana and is sometimes associated with that group of artists. Born in Muncie, Indiana, Baker lived in Richmond and Centerville most of his life. He studied with John Elwood Bundy, at the Cincinnati Art Academy and the Boothbay Art School. In 1925 he was a visiting instructor at Miami University. His work is represented in the collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art, Richmond Art Museum, Earlham College, Miami University Art Museum, Morrisson-Reeves Library, Centerville, Indiana Library and a devoted group of private collectors. A painting titled "November Meadows" painted during the time he was an instructor at Miami University hangs today over the mantle in the formal living room of the Miami president's home, Lewis Place. The Richmond Art Museum held a retrospective of his work in 2001 and was said to be the largest exhibition of his work ever mounted.

References

* Burnet, Mary Q. (1921). ''Art and Artists of Indiana''. New York: The Century Co.

External links

G. H. Baker bio from Waynet.org
1878 births 1943 deaths American Impressionist painters 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Miami University faculty Artists from Muncie, Indiana Artists from Richmond, Indiana Burials at Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Indiana Art Academy of Cincinnati alumni 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1870s-stub