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Boy with Blue Background

Watercolor, ink on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 17" x 14.5"
$5,600

Still-Life of Flowers in Blue Vase

Mixed media on board
Framed dimensions: 26.5" x 22.5"
$9,500

Portrait of a Young Woman

Oil, graphite on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 16" x 14"
$4,800

Landscape Scene: Boy by Pond

Watercolor, gouache on board
Framed dimensions: 13.5" x 16.5"
$6,500

Tina

Watercolor, graphite on vintage-laid paper
Framed dimensions: 12.5" x 14"
$2,800

Untitled

Oil, graphite on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 15" x 17.75"
$2,350

Untitled Boy

Oil on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 16.75" x 19"
$4,200

Floral Still-Life I

Oil on paper
Framed dimensions: 18.5" x 15.5"
$8,500

Portrait of Mother with Children

Watercolor, graphite on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 15.5" x 11.5"
$2,850

Floral Still-Life II

Watercolor on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 20.5" x 17"
$8,750

Study of Figures

Watercolor, graphite on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 20.5" x 17"
$4,500

Sketch: Three Figural Studies

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 14.75" x 12.75"
$375

Sketch: Studies of a Man, Book-Keeping Notations

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 11" x 10.25"
$450

Sketch: Sitting Room Interior

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 13" x 9.75"
$350

Sketch: Four Figures

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 8" x 10"
$450

Sketch: Child with Hat

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 13.25" x 10.25"
$475

Sketch: Figure with Loose Lapels

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 13.25" x 10.25"
$475

Sketch: Three Conversing Figures

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 10.25" x 13.25"
$475

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Conger Metcalf was born April 27, 1914 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As a high school student he pursued both music and art. He spent two summers studying at Grant Wood’s Stone City Art Colony, attended Coe College, Cedar Rapids (1928-32), where he studied art under Marvin Cone. He Moved to Boston and continued his studies (drawing and painting) at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, under Alexandre Iacovleff and Karl Zerbe. It was during a trip[ to Mexico (1940) that he came up with the technique of layering thin washes of oil on clay-coated paper. 1956: Joined the Copley Society, Boston. 1956-72: Associate professor of Art, Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts. 1975: Visiting Professor of Art, Emmanuel College, Boston, and Gordon College, Wenhem. He traveled frequently to Italy. Metcalf exhibited in many one-man and group shows throughout the country, in commercial and institutional galleries including the Hayden Gallery, M.I.T., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston Athenaeum. Among the public collections in which his work is found are: Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Coe College, Cedar Rapids IA; and DeCordova Museum, Lincoln MA. He died February 18, 1998.
                       
​Conger Metcalf’s works are generally undated. Although his subjects include landscapes and still-lifes, his most popular subject was the figure, especially children. 

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  Pear
  Oil wash on clay coated board
  Art dimensions: 11" x 8.5"

  

  Portrait of a Child
  Conte crayon on paper
  Art dimensions: 12" x 10"
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  Divertimento
  Ink
  Art Dimensions: 9” x 8”
  
  

  

  Drawing on Antique paper 1

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