George Herbert Baker (1878-1943)
A member of the “Indiana School” of painters in the early 20th century, George Herbert Baker was born in 1878 in Muncie, Indiana. He studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and earned a number of prizes for his exhibits in the Hoosier Salon, Muncie and Richmond (Indian) Art Association, and at the 1930 Indiana state fair. In addition to oils, Baker worked frequently in watercolors and pastel.
Baker was closely associated with T.C. Steele and John Elwood Bundy. Steele and J. Otis Adams painted in Brookville, while Bundy and Baker painted in Richmond, which is a little further north along the Whitewater River. Baker was prolific, enjoying great success and teaching several Indiana painters. He died in 1943.