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|  David Curtis Baker, painter, author and teacher, was born on October 15
1915 in New York City, New York at the Salvation Army Hospital.
He spent his childhood in Boston, Massachusetts and studied art a the
Massachusetts College of Art in Boston from 1934-1938. He served
in the US Navy in the Pacific during World War II and saw combat.
In 1951 he opened his first gallery in Jackson, New Hampshire. He
painted in oils, watercolors, pastels, pencil, ink, and markers.
His styles varied from impressionism to abstraction. He invented his
own technique called 'vitreous flux' in 1961. Baker taught art
throughout his career.
Baker was prolific painter and exhibiter was represented in
twenty-eight one man shows including the Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
(1959). He had thirteen regional exhibitions, earning 8 awards,
including, the James W. Hill Memorial Award (New Hampshire Art
Association, 1961 Annual Show), and the Grace Bliss Stuart Award (New
Hampshire Art Association 1965 Traveling Exhibition). He also had
nineteen national shows and nine prizes, including, the Grumbacher
Purchase Award (Allied Artists of America Exhibition 1968), and awards
at the 1966, 1970, 1972 shows of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors
& Engravers Society Annual Exhibition.
Throughout his career, David Baker was featured in many publications including the American Artist, June 1972; Painting With Markers, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1972; the La Revue Moderne des Arts de la Vie, 1967-1968; Yankee, 1968; the Christian Science Monitor, January 19,1958, Prize Winning Water Color Book No. 7; Art Review, 1966; Today's Art, 1958; and the Boston Herald, Hayden Pearsons column, 1953.
David Curtis Baker died on December 24, 1999 in Jackson, New Hampshire.
Submitted by Michael R. Perez, Collector and Art Historian, MP Consulting
Davenport's Art Reference and Price Guide
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in New York City, he grew up in Boston and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art. He had his own gallery from 1951-1999 on Rt.16 in Jackson, New Hampshire, and was known for his "vitreous flux" method of watercolor painting on Marlite board, using hair dryers for amazing effects. Baker painted mountain scenes, abstracts, figurative scenes, and kept experimenting with mediums such as drawing on Marlite, "rainbarrel drawings" (ink flowing on paper), and more. He published an illustrated book of poetry in 1998, and won many awards in New England and was featured in magazines such as American Artist. |
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