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About Walter Emerson Baum (American 1884-1986)
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Walter Emerson Baum began his art studies under the
direction of William T. Trego and later under Daniel Garber and Thomas Eakin's
teacher Thomas Anschutz at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1921,
Baum began teaching art, and founded the Baum School in Allentown. Baum also
co-founded and supported the Lehigh Art Alliance in the 1930s. Baum was born in
Sellersville Pennsylvania and was a life long resident of Bucks County, he holds
the special distinction of serving as Director at the Allentown Museum of Art.
He was art critic for the "Philadelphia Bulletin" where he wrote over
500 reviews. Baum was a member of the National Academy of Design in New York,
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Art Alliance and the
Philadelphia Water Color Club. His work forms part of important collections such
as the Pennsylvania Museum of Art, the Toledo (Ohio) Art Museum, the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Reading (Pennsylvania) Museum and
Art Gallery.
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