Artist

Willard L. Metcalf

born Lowell, MA 1858-died New York City 1925
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Willard L. Metcalf, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001979
Also known as
  • Willard Leroy Metcalf
  • W. L. Metcalf
  • Willard Metcalf
Born
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Biography

Painter, American Impressionist whose specialty was New England landscapes, particularly in winter. He exhibited with the Impressionist group The Ten and was an important member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Conn.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (5 items)

Fritz Scholder, Indian Image, 1972, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1973.151
Indian Image
Date1972
acrylic on canvas
On view
Fritz Scholder, Indian in the Snow, 1972, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Benjamin P. Nicolette, 1980.107
Indian in the Snow
Date1972
acrylic on canvas
On view
Fritz Scholder, Indian and Contemporary Chair, 1970, oil on linen, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Judge and Mrs. Oliver Seth, 1983.111, © 1983, Fritz Scholder
Indian and Contemporary Chair
Date1970
oil on linen
Not on view

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An Impressionist Sensibility: The Halff Collection
This full-color catalogue provides a rare insight into a stunning private collection of American Art. Hugh and Marie Halff, connoisseurs based in San Antonio, Texas, have read, studied, and traveled widely in their quest. With unerring judgment, they have acquired masterpieces that not only please the eye, but challenge the mind. Presented here, twenty-six of their paintings brilliantly capture the aesthetic sensibility of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.