Baumgartner -California coast 1936

Baumgartner< John Jay (1865-1946) Painter. Born in Milwaukee, WI on Jan 24 1865. Baumgartner was a self-taught painter. He settled in San Francisco in 1894 and for over 50 years was an active member of the local art scene. Painting in oil, tempera and watercolor, his subjects were primarily landscapes and patoral scenes with figures, He died in SF on Oct 18 1946. Member Bohemian Coub SFAA Exh: Milwaukee Expo, 1892( gold medal, SFAA, 1900: Society forSanity in Art CPLH 1940, 1945. In Oakland Museum

Dim: 20"x30"