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33-513: The museum maintains a collection of over 19,000 works of art and is a major regional art institution. The museum also maintains a library and archives containing over 16,000 titles and 40 current periodicals. Allentown Art Museum was founded originally as Allentown Art Gallery and organized by Walter Emerson Baum . It opened in Allentown's Hunsicker School on March 17, 1934. With 70 canvases by local Pennsylvania impressionist artists on display,

66-639: A library from the second Francis W. Little House that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright . A second room from the Francis W. Little House was built at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . Also in 1975, the museum's collection was expanded with the addition of European paintings and a large collection of textile arts . In 1978, the museum acquired Gilbert Stuart 's portrait of Ann Penn Allen, granddaughter of William Allen ,

99-762: A magazine which focused on chickens, ducks, and geese. He also wrote for the Sellersville, Pennsylvania-based newspaper, the Sellersville Herald , and was appointed its editor in 1921; he wrote columns for the paper until 1942. As his paintings became better known, he taught art classes at his home in Sellersville and at the local high school. Baum was an active art instructor in the Allentown area from 1926 to 1956, where his students included John E. Berninger , Karl Buesgen , Joseph Gehringer, Walter Mattern, and Melville Stark. " The Baum Circle " refers to

132-402: A period during which artists found it extremely difficult to find work, his column was important in keeping the vibrant Philadelphia art community active and informed. The Allentown Art Gallery was organized by Baum and opened in Allentown's Hunsicker School on March 17, 1934. With seventy canvases by local Pennsylvania impressionist artists on display, the gallery attracted major attention from

165-520: A pottery manufacturer will employ craft artists, and book publishers will hire illustrators. In the US, fine artists have a median income of approximately US$ 50,000 per year, and craft artists have a median income of approximately US$ 33,000 per year. This compares to US$ 61,000 for all art-related fields, including related jobs such as graphic designers , multimedia artists , animators , and fashion designers . Many artists work part-time as artists and hold

198-636: A student of Baum's, who lived with his wife on the museum's second floor. In 1949, Walter Emerson Baum and Dr. Charles H. Boehm, Bucks County Superintendent of Schools, established the Bucks County Traveling Art Gallery, a program whose goal was to expose school children of Bucks County to the artwork of the New Hope School and the Pennsylvania Impressionist movement. The county-wide program

231-837: A weekly column in which he discussed the history, culture and ideals of his home town. In 1938, Baum wrote Two Hundred Years (published by the Sellersville Herald , Sellersville Pennsylvania), a book documenting the history of the Pennsylvania Germans in the Sellersville area. Like his contemporaries N.C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell , whose works graced the covers of The Saturday Evening Post for years, Baum also became involved in illustration. His first cover appeared in Curtis Publishing Company 's Country Gentleman magazine in January 1931. In 1948, Baum provided illustrations and an introductory essay for

264-433: Is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art , practicing the arts , or demonstrating an art. The most common usage (in both everyday speech and academic discourse) refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business , especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). Artiste (French)

297-525: Is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. The use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts such as critics' reviews; " author " is generally used instead. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the older, broader meanings of the word "artist": The Greek word techně , often translated as "art", implies mastery of any sort of craft. The adjectival Latin form of

330-435: Is long-term repetition and practice. Many fine artists have studied their art form at university, and some have a master's degree in fine arts. Artists may also study on their own or receive on-the-job training from an experienced artist. The number of available jobs as an artist is increasing more slowly than in other fields. About half of US artists are self-employed. Others work in a variety of industries. For example,

363-602: Is one of the most important collections of Pennsylvania Impressionist artwork outside of the Lenfest collection of the Michener Art Museum. It was the Bucks County Traveling Art Gallery that served as the impetus (albeit it took almost forty more years to come to fruition) for the establishment of a museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania dedicated to the work of local artists. Edgar Schofield Baum (1916–2006)

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396-652: The Baum Circle . A memorial exhibition, celebrating Baum's life and work, was held at the Baum School during June 2007. In January 1940, Baum presented a one-man exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Alliance gallery. Additional solo shows included: Folk, Thomas. The Pennsylvania Impressionists, with a foreword by James A. Michener (Doylestown and London: James Michener Museum and Associated University Presses, 1997). Artist An artist

429-526: The European Theatre during World War II . At the end of the war, he returned to Allentown, Pennsylvania ,and established a family practice that, for over 40 years, was located at 1624 Walnut Street, in the city's West Park neighborhood. He also served as a Baum School of Art trustee. In October 2006, the David E. Rodale Gallery at the Baum School of Art held an exhibition celebrating the work of

462-613: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in 1905 and 1906, where he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz , Hugh H. Breckenridge , William Merritt Chase , and Cecilia Beaux . Faced with the responsibilities of a wife and four children, Marian, Ruth, Robert and Edgar, Baum took odd jobs to support his family. He worked in the family's barbershop, and worked as a photographer for The Poultry Item ,

495-630: The Selected Short Stories of Thomas Hardy (published by Rodale, Inc. , Emmaus, Pennsylvania ). Baum also worked as an art critic and reviewer for the Philadelphia Evening and Sunday Bulletin , a position in which, as an artist himself, he was able to bring a unique perspective that became popular with readers. In this role, he was also able to promote local art and artists. During the Great Depression ,

528-601: The First Presbyterian Church, built in 1902, suitable to house the new collection. In 1960, the Kress gift was featured in the museum's first major catalog, The Samuel H. Kress Memorial Collection , written by Richard Hirsch, the institution's first director. In his introduction, Hirsch observed how the fleeting imagery of TV changed perceptions of the collection's works. When created, they were not merely one of many representations of religious figures but of

561-532: The Latin " ars " (stem art- ), which, although literally defined means "skill method" or "technique", also conveys a connotation of beauty. During the Middle Ages the word artist already existed in some countries such as Italy, but the meaning was something resembling craftsman , while the word artisan was still unknown. An artist was someone able to do a work better than others, so the skilled excellency

594-453: The artist rather than the manual skills (even if in other forms of art there was a project behind). With the academies in Europe (second half of 16th century) the gap between fine and applied arts was definitely set. Many contemporary definitions of "artist" and "art" are highly contingent on culture, resisting aesthetic prescription; in the same way, the features constituting beauty and

627-513: The artists either taught by, associated with, or directly influenced by Baum. In October 2006, the David E. Rodale Gallery at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, Pennsylvania held an exhibition celebrating the work of this group. Baum worked as a columnist for the Sellersville Herald . In 1921, he was promoted to editor of the paper, where he worked until 1942. At the Herald , Baum wrote

660-601: The artists whose paintings were purchased for the gallery. The collection, which now includes over 350 pieces of art, has visited all of the thirteen school districts in the county, and is managed by the Bucks County Intermediate Unit and maintained by the James A. Michener Art Museum . Artists represented in the collection include Baum, Walter Elmer Schofield , Sarah Blakeslee , and Harry Leith-Ross . The Bucks County Intermediate Unit Collection

693-526: The beautiful cannot be standardized easily without moving into kitsch . The US Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies many visual artists as either craft artists or fine artists . A craft artist makes handmade functional works of art, such as pottery or clothing . A fine artist makes paintings, illustrations (such as book illustrations or medical illustrations ), sculptures, or similar artistic works primarily for their aesthetic value. The main source of skill for both craft artists and fine artists

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726-501: The figures themselves. Hirsch's observations portend the Slow Movement that arose over 25 years later and encouraged a renewed, attentive appreciation of the world, including of fine art . The museum later began hosted Slow Art days in 2011 to acknowledge the benefits of quiet, intense reflection. In 1975, an Edgar Tafel -designed expansion to the building enhanced the museum's programs and collecting plans. The museum installed

759-412: The founder of Allentown . In 2010, the museum completed a $ 15.4 million expansion project designed by Venturi Scott Brown , a Philadelphia -based architecture firm to renovate the museum. The project added 7,900 square feet (730 m) of new classroom and gallery space, including a corner cafe, an expanded gift shop, and a new all-glass façade to the museum's Fifth Street side. The expansion, which

792-578: The gallery attracted major attention from local and regional art communities. During the Great Depression , Baum was able to grow the collection through the Public Works of Art Project and through acquisitions and gifts. In June 1936, the City of Allentown granted the museum a permanent home in a Federal-style house located in the Rose Garden in Allentown's Cedar Park. The museum's first curator

825-404: The local and regional art communities. During the Great Depression , Baum was able to grow the collection through the Public Works of Art Project and through acquisitions and gifts. In June 1936, the City of Allentown granted the museum a permanent home in a Federal-style house located in the Rose Garden in Allentown's Cedar Park. The museum's first curator was local artist John E. Berninger ,

858-487: The mural by Luca Bonetti Painting Restoration, the restored painting was unveiled to the public in January 2017. On February 10, 2020, Portrait of a Young Lady , a 1632 portrait by Rembrandt in the museum's collection, was determined to be authentic following a reassessment of it. 40°36′15″N 75°28′05″W  /  40.6043°N 75.4680°W  / 40.6043; -75.4680 Walter Emerson Baum Walter Emerson Baum (December 14, 1884 – July 12, 1956)

891-450: The word, technicus , became the source of the English words technique , technology, and technical . In Greek culture, each of the nine Muses oversaw a different field of human creation: No muse was identified with the visual arts of painting and sculpture . In ancient Greece, sculptors and painters were held in low regard, the work often performed by slaves and mostly regarded as mere manual labour. The word art derives from

924-400: Was John E. Berninger , a local artist who lived with his wife on the museum's second floor. In 1959, a gift of 53 Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculptures from Samuel H. Kress , a native of nearby Cherryville, Pennsylvania , brought the museum to a new level. The Kress gift served to encourage community visionaries and museum friends to purchase and refurbish a building, formerly

957-483: Was Walter Emerson Baum's eldest son. Edgar worked in a wide variety of media, including oil and acrylic painting , dyes , sculpture , and the writing of poetry and wit . He published a book of his writings, entitled Jest and Ernest: A Collection of Original Aphorisms and As-Isms . Edgar attended the medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and served as a combat medical officer in

990-917: Was an American artist and educator active in the Bucks and Lehigh County areas of Pennsylvania in the United States. In addition to being a prolific painter, Baum was also responsible for the founding of the Baum School of Art and the Allentown Art Museum . Walter Emerson Baum was born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania and is one of the few Pennsylvania impressionists from Bucks County, Pennsylvania . Between 1904 and 1909, Baum studied with William B. T. Trego , taking lessons at Trego's home in North Wales, Pennsylvania , about 15 miles south of his native Sellersville. Baum attended

1023-529: Was formally established by Boehm after positive feedback was received from parents and teachers when a Baum painting was purchased to celebrate the retirement of one of Baum's grammar school teachers. The program was officially unveiled in a ceremony at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania . Notable Bucks County residents including Pearl S. Buck took part, as did many of

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1056-567: Was the museum's first since 1975, had been initially proposed in 1999 but ended up to be a significant reduction from the $ 32 million, 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m) addition originally planned. Approximately 40% of the new space was allocated to gallery space. In 2016, the museum acquired Lehighton , a mural by Franz Kline , which the artist created for the American Legion in Lehighton, Pennsylvania . Following intensive work on

1089-412: Was underlined, rather than the activity field. In this period, some "artisanal" products (such as textiles ) were much more precious and expensive than paintings or sculptures. The first division into major and minor arts dates back at least to the works of Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472): De re aedificatoria , De statua , De pictura , which focused on the importance of the intellectual skills of

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