Biography provided courtesy of “California Watercolors 1850-1970” By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last.

John Jay Baumgartner (1865-1946)...Born: Milwaukee, WI

Member: Bohemian Club.

John Jay Baumgartner, a selftaught artist, was active as a watercolorist in San Francisco from 1894 to 1946. John Jay primarily produced works depicting landscape subjects.

John Jay Baumgartner Biographical information:

Artists in California, 1786-1940.