Lewis Baumer
Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer (born August 8, 1870 in St. John's Wood, City of Westminster , London , † October 25, 1963 in Aldershot ) was a British draftsman, caricaturist and illustrator .
Life
Lewis Baumer was born in St. John's Wood, a district of the City of Westminster, London. He studied at St. John's Wood Art School with AA Calderon, then at the London Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal College of Art . He published his first drawings in Pall Mall magazine in 1893, and his first cartoons appeared in Punch magazine in 1897 ; he was to remain loyal to this paper for fifty years. His illustrations and cartoons have appeared in numerous magazines, such as The Strand Magazine , London Magazine, London Opinion, The Idler and Tatler , and "the Baumer girls", charming portraits of young girls, were very popular here. He designed advertising posters for various companies and also worked as a children's book illustrator.
His caricatures dealt with elegant scenes: tea dancing and tennis matches in the tradition of George du Maurier . Baumer was an accomplished technician; he worked in oils, watercolors, pen drawings and was an accomplished eraser. In his later years he focused on painting and drawing portraits , especially of children. In 1921 he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors .
Web links
- Lewis Baumer biography in the British Cartoon Archive (en)
- Biography of Lewis Baumer at Lambiek Comiclopedia (en)
- Books by Lewis Baumer at Projekt Gutenberg
- Lenore Van der Veer: Lewis Baumer's colored chalk drawings . In: Studio: international art . Vol. 30, 1904, pp. 232-239 ( digitized version of Heidelberg University )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Index entry . In: FreeBMD . ONS. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Baumer, Lewis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baumer, Lewis Christopher Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British draftsman, caricaturist and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. John's Wood, City of Westminster , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1963 |
| Place of death | Aldershot |