Willard Metcalf
Paintings
Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture
| Author: | Daniel Coenn | ISBN: | 1230000200871 |
| Publisher: | Classic & Annotated | Publication: | December 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | 1 | Language: | English |
| Author: | Daniel Coenn |
| ISBN: | 1230000200871 |
| Publisher: | Classic & Annotated |
| Publication: | December 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | 1 |
| Language: | English |
Willard Metcalf was an American artist born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-painting and illustration, he became prominent as a landscape painter. He was one of the Ten American Painters who in 1897 seceded from the Society of American Artists. For some years he was an instructor in the Womans Art School, Cooper Union, New York, and in the Art Students League, New York. In 1893 he became a member of the American Watercolor Society, New York. Generally associated with American Impressionism, he is also remembered for his landscapes. He became known as the quintessential painter of New England landscape in which he was born.
Willard Metcalf was an American artist born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-painting and illustration, he became prominent as a landscape painter. He was one of the Ten American Painters who in 1897 seceded from the Society of American Artists. For some years he was an instructor in the Womans Art School, Cooper Union, New York, and in the Art Students League, New York. In 1893 he became a member of the American Watercolor Society, New York. Generally associated with American Impressionism, he is also remembered for his landscapes. He became known as the quintessential painter of New England landscape in which he was born.
