Evelyn Borchard Metzger Oil Painting on Wood Panel Carnival Scene

Item Details

An original oil painting on board by listed American artist Evelyn Borchard Metzger (1911-2007). This work, possibly from a series Metzger painted from her son’s photos from Mardi Gras, depicts blue cloaked figures on a ‘Bacchus’ themed parade float shaped like a wooden ship. Spectators in the foreground reach out to catch thrown beads. The work is singed in the upper right ‘E. Metzger ’98’. It is presented ready to hang in a black wood frame.

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 wear to the frame, concentrated in the corners; minor tears to paper backing.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight size 23.5" W x 17.5" H.

Item #

17LEX208-017