Willard Leroy Metcalf papers, 1876-1925
Metcalf, Willard Leroy,
b. 1858
d. 1925
Painter, Illustrator
New York, N.Y.; Cornish, N.H.; Cambridge, Mass.; Lyme, Conn.
Collection size: 150 items (on partial microfilm reel)
Collection Summary: 23 letters between Metcalf and Charles L. Freer, 1917-1919, discussing prospective purchases of Metcalf's work for the Freer Collection, and 2 personal letters to Florence Griswold, 1905-06. Also included are a diary for 1876, recording the progress of some of his paintings, detailing sketching trips around Boston and Vermont, and noting daily expenses; sketchbooks, 1885, 1905, 1913-14; photographs of his murals and paintings; snapshots of his friends and himself; and a scrapbook of clippings, 1905-1925.
Biographical/Historical Note: Landscape painter, illustrator; New York City. One of The Ten American Painters. Worked in Southwest U.S. painting Zuni Indians 1881-1883; associated with artists' colonies in Old Lyme, Conn., and Cornish, N.H.
Lent for microfilming by Addison Metcalf, 1969.
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