On View
Not on viewObject number1977/8.19
School's Out
Artist
Howard Baer
(American, 1906-1986)
Date1945
Mediumlithograph
Dimensionsimage: 12 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (32.4 × 21.6 cm)
sheet: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Cornelia Robinson
Exhibition History"36 Regionalist prints from the KIA," Dennos Museum Center (Sept. 8 - Nov. 24, 1996), Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI (May 17 - July 13, 1997), Midland Center for the Arts (Aug. 2 - Sept. 21, 1997).
"The American Experience: Prints and Drawings, 1900-1946," KIA Long Gallery (2002).Label TextBaer first became famous during World War II as an artist-correspondent in the South Pacific. He later developed a reputation as an author and illustrator of children’s books. School’s Out, typical of Baer’s lively and appealing drawing style, is influenced by the artist’s recollections of a series of rather strict “schoolmarms.” The order in these rows of innocent-looking children is achieved by the unfailing and rigid supervision of their teacher.
