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Conger Metcalf

(American, 1914-1998​)

Available for Purchase

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Child with Garden Figure

Oil on board
Framed dimensions: 18.25" x 16"
$6,500
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Boy with Blue Background

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

Oil on paper
Framed dimensions: 18.5" x 15.5"
$8,500
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Portrait of a Young Woman

Oil, graphite on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 16" x 14"
$4,800
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Landscape Scene: Boy by Pond

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

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

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

Oil on clay-coated paper
Framed dimensions: 16.75" x 19"
$4,200
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Portrait of Mother with Children

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

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

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

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 14.75" x 12.75"
$375
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Sketch: Studies of a Man, Book-Keeping Notations

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 11" x 10.25"
$450
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Sketch: Sitting Room Interior

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

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 8" x 10"
$450
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Sketch: Child with Hat

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 13.25" x 10.25"
$475
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Sketch: Figure with Loose Lapels

Ink on paper
Framed dimensions: 13.25" x 10.25"
$475
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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"
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    Portrait of a Child
    Conte crayon on paper
    Art dimensions: 12" x 10"
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    Divertimento
    . Ink. 9” x 8”
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    Drawing on Antique paper 1
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