Timeline

Awards:
Bronze Medal, American Artist's Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal from the Pennsylvania Academy
the Zabreskie Prize, American Watercolor Society
Purchase Prize, Buck Hill Art Association

Baum was a member of the following Organizations:
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Philadelphia Sketch Club
Germantown Art League
Fellowship of the Pennsylvaina Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia Watercolor Club
Associate of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Salmagundi Club
the Woodmere Art League
and many others 

Baum was a pupil of W.T. Trego and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.   After receiving his degree, he went on to work as an editor, illustrator, and contributing artist for several publications. In addition to this, he was the director of the Allentown Museum and head of the Kline-Baum Art School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

1956 Died at the age of 72 

1884Walter Emerson Baum was born to a Pennsylvania Dutch family

Residence: Sellersville, Pennsylvania