biography of George Augustus II BAKER (1821-1880)

Birth place: NYC

Death place: NYC

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Portrait, miniature, and figurative painter

Studied: NAD

Exhibited: NAD, 1838-79; Brooklyn AA, 1862-79; PAFA; Md. Hist. Soc.; Artists' Fund Soc.; American Art-Union; possibly at the AIC in 1889 (listed as George Baker, deceased, exhibiting Resignation")"

Member: A.N.A., 1844; N.A., 1852

Work: NYHS

Comments: Son of miniaturist George Augustus Baker (see entry). Spent almost his entire life in NYC, except for a trip to Italy, c.1846. He was an extremely popular portraitist but also painted some ideal pieces as well: Love at First Sight," "The May Queen." (pres. locations unknown).

Sources: G&W; DAB; CAB; American Art Review, I (1880), 320-21, obit.; Cowdrey, NAD; Naylor, NAD; Rutledge, MHS; Rutledge, PA; French, Art and Artists in Conn; Clement and Hutton. More recently, see NYHS Catalogue (1974), cat. nos. 86, 1989, 1991, 2167; Falk, AIC.