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| Margaret Carter Baumgaertner's notable commissions have included
governors, congressman, chief executive officers, actors, physicians,
and families. Baumgaertner has a strong feeling for the traditions of portraiture and takes inspiration from the many American (Sargent, Decamp), European (Romney, Raeburn) and Russian (Kromskoy, Repin) Masters. Fine portraiture, she believes, "transcends contemporary elements and projects a timeless quality". Baumgaertner majored in medical illustration and microbiology and worked eight years as a freelance medical illustrator before beginning her career in portraiture. She studied at Atelier Lack and the Cape School (Provincetown, Massachusetts) and well as with Cedric Egeli, John Howard Sanden, Richard Whitney and Daniel Greene. She is a member of the American Society of Portrait Artists and is represented by Portrait Brokers of America. She teaches workshops in both charcoal and oil portraiture, and her paintings hang in public and private collections not only in the United States, but in Europe and Russia. Margaret Carter Baumgaertner's distinctive style reflects a type of portraiture that is dignified, finely executed, and always respectful of the traditions from which portrait art has risen. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Faculty member and demonstrator, Portrait Society of American 2006 Portrait Conference, Dallas, TX. Faculty member and demonstrator, Portrait Society of American 2005 Portrait Conference, Washington, DC. Published the article, "How to Compose a Better Painting: Casting a Spell," October 2004, The Artist's Magazine. Published the article, "Built to Last," February 2003, The Artist's Magazine. Completion of tape video, Painting the Head in Sauce, a Portrait of Denise, March 2003. Published the cover article, "Ivan Kramskoy, Leader of the
Itinerants," December 2002, The Portrait Signature,
ASOPA. Finalist in the 1996 National Portrait Competition,
presented by the National Portrait Society and American Artists
Magazine; portrait of Anya, Russian Girl selected one of
30 finalists from over 3,500 entries. |
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