Eduard Bäumer

Eduard BÄUMER was born in Kastel­laun in the Hun­srück (Rhineland-Palati­nate) in 1892. From 1912 he stud­ied at the Städel Art Insti­tute in Frank­furt and met Johannes Itten. Strong influ­ence from Max Beck­mann. Long stay in Italy. After com­plet­ing his mil­i­tary ser­vice, attend­ed the Itten School in Berlin for sev­er­al months (1927/28). Study trip to Paris and 1933 relo­ca­tion to Salzburg. 1942 first exhi­bi­tion in Vien­na. The fam­i­ly went into hid­ing in Grossarl im Pon­gau in 1944 until the end of the war. 1947 Appoint­ment to the Vien­na Acad­e­my for Applied Arts (head of the paint­ing class and work­shop for glass win­dows and mosaics). 1954/55 meet­ing with Cha­gall in Paris. From 1958 he spent sev­er­al months annu­al­ly in Abruz­zo. 1964 move to Tro­pea. Eduard Bäumer died in Munich in 1977. 1936 — first par­tic­i­pa­tion in an exhi­bi­tion, 1960 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz.