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 (14 items)

Ken Price, Blue Pearl, 1996, painted earthenware, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 1999.37
Blue Pearl
Date1996
painted earthenware
Not on view
Ken Price, Acrobatic Figurine Cups, 1970, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1988.18.13
Acrobatic Figurine Cups
Date1970
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
Ken Price, Jivaroland Frog Cup, 1968, color lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1973.102.1
Jivaroland Frog Cup
Date1968
color lithograph
Not on view
Ken Price, Figurine Cup IV, from the Figurine Cup Series, 1970, color lithograph and screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1988.18.12
Figurine Cup IV, from the Figurine Cup Series
Date1970
color lithograph and screenprint on paper
Not on view

Related Books

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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.