Evelyn Borchard Metzger Oil Painting on Panel Portrait of a Woman

Item Details

An oil painting on panel by Evelyn Borchard Metzger (American, 1911-2007) portrait of a woman. It depicts a chic gray haired woman looking at flower painting with partial images of other paintings in the background. It is signed ‘E Metzger’ to the lower left and is unframed. Evelyn Borchard Metzger lived in New York and Brazil and was known for her genre, still life and landscape paintings.

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 and scratches to edges of panel; board is slightly warped; a few small areas of age spots to painting.

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Item #

17LEX208-036