Peter Baum studied at the Arts Students League and at the Brooklyn Museum. He collaborated with Ralph Cowan the eminent Painter of a well-known personalities he holds a U.S. patent on color fusion process used for producing art in plastics which achievement was recognized by the Eastman Kodak company which commissioned him to produce two murals for the Eastman pavilion at the 1964 worlds fair. He has designed and produced Tiffany type lampshades in plastic, using his color fusion process these were marketed worldwide by the Lightolier Company he also collaborated with Peter Max during Max’s rise to fame in 1967-1972, working with Peter Max to produce a variety of artworks.