Evelyn Borchard Metzger New York (1911-2004) BRUGES CANAL, BELGIUM oil on masonite, framed, signed: lower left H24" W32" *Provenance: Property of a South Carolina Museum; sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund. *Artist biography: Metzger painted a variety of subjects in various styles including Realism, Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism. She painted many urban genre scenes of New York City. In 1950, she had a major exhibition in Argentina and then exhibited in France, Mexico and the United States. Her work is in the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC. *Reference: Topping, Brett. THE AGE OF GRANDEUR AND A WOMAN WHO LIVED IT: ARTIST EVELYN METZGER. Washington, DC: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1995.