David Curtis Baker

1915 - 1999  (84 years)

• Name	David Curtis Baker
  Birth	15 Oct 1915	New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Dec 1999	Jackson, Carroll, New Hampshire   [1]
  Burial	Jackson, Carroll, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I55904	Scudder
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Herman N. Baker,   b. Abt 1874, New Hampshire d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Chloe Curtis,   b. Abt 1878, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Aug 1907	Brookfield, Connecticut
  Family ID	F19955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	M.J. Karner
  Children	1. David Curtis Baker, Jr.,   b. Abt 1945   d. 1963 (Age 18 years)   2. P.R. Baker   3. Steve Karner Baker,   b. Abt 1951   d. 1954 (Age 3 years)   4. Nancy Baker
  Family ID	F19956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  David spent his childhood in Boston, Massachusetts and studied art a the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston from 1934-1938. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II as a Quarter Master 1st Class on a mine sweeper off the coast of Maine and of a command ship in the Pacific Theater. In 1951 David 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. He taught art throughout his career. David was a prolific painter and exhibiter and 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S767] Social Security Death Index, SSN: 024-18-7770.