Evelyn Borchard Metzger Oil Painting of a Woman with Blue Hair
Item Details
An oil painting on board of a woman with blue hair, by listed artist Evelyn Borchard Metzger (1911-2007). This work, possibly from a series Metzger painted from her son’s photos from Mardi Gras, depicts a woman in a blue wig and feather boa standing in the center of a street, her neck heavily strung with beads. This work is signed ‘E. Metzger ’98’ toward the lower left, and is presented in a black composite wood frame with molded silver tone details and a wire to its verso for hanging.
Born in New York City, Evelyn Borchard Metzger studied at Vassar College with Clarence Chatterton, and at the Art Students League with George Bridgman and Rafael Soyer. Though Metzger is best known for her paintings of New York City’s Central Park, she has also worked and painted in Mexico, France and other parts of the world, including a major exhibition at Galleria Muller in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1950. Metzger’s work is inspired by a variety of artistic styles, including Realism, Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism. Her works have been exhibited in The Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC, the Mexico-American Cultural Institute in Mexico City, the Bartholet Gallery in New York City, the Arsenal Gallery in New York City, among others.
Condition
- minor marks and scratches to frame; paper to the verso is torn.
Dimensions
- measures frame; visible painting measures: 17.5" W x 23.5" H.
Item #
17LEX208-023
