This sketchbook from WILLARD METCALF'S (1858-1925) student years at the School of the Museum of the Fine Arts in Boston, which he attended from 1876 to 1879, provides a graphic record of his developing technique. In his pencil sketch of a shaded stone wall and open pasture gate, his frame-within-a-frame composition heightens the picturesque point of view.
Willard Metcalf Sketchbook, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. "Woodstock, VT, July 28, '78." Willard Metcalf Papers, Archives of American Art.
Description of Willard Metcalf's Papers |
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| CREATOR: | Metcalf, Willard Leroy, 1858-1925. |
| TITLE: | Willard Leroy Metcalf sketchbooks, 1879-1882. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: | 0.2 linear ft. (4 v. on 1 microfilm reel) reel D105 |
| BIO/HISTORICAL NOTE: | Landscape painter,illustrator; New York City. One of a group known as 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. |
| SUMMARY: | Four sketchbooks representing Metcalf's early sketches. |
| RESTRICTIONS: | Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| PROVENANCE: | Donated 1963 by IBM, who acquired the sketchbooks along with a painting they purchased for their company collection. |
| ADDITIONAL FORMS: | 35mm microfilm reel D105 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
