Evelyn Borchard Metzger Oil Painting on Panel "Bolivian Mother"
Item Details
An original oil painting on panel titled Bolivian Mother by listed American artist Evelyn Borchard Metzger (1911-2007). This cubist inspired painting depicts the abstract figures of a mother nursing a baby wearing a knit hat. The work is signed in the upper left of the panel ‘E. Metzger’. It is presented 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 corners and edges of frame.
Dimensions
- measures frame; sight size 23.5" W x 18.5" H.
Item #
17LEX208-056
