Willard Metcalf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willard Metcalf

American artist

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1858

Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1925

Profession: artist, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Willard Leroy Metcalf (July 1, 1858 – March 9, 1925) was an American artist born in Lowell, Massachusetts.
He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris.
After early figure-painting and illustration, he became prominent as a landscape painter.
He was one of the Ten American Painters who in 1897 seceded from the Society of American Artists.
For some years he was an instructor in the Women's Art School, Cooper Union, New York, and in the Art Students League, New York.
In 1893 he became a member of the American Watercolor Society, New York.
Generally associated with American Impressionism, he is also remembered for his New England landscapes and involvement with the Old Lyme Art Colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut and his influential years at the Cornish Art Colony.



Alternative names	Nikolas Muray; Nicholas Muray
Description	Hungarian-American photographer and fencer
Date of birth/death	15 February 1892	2 November 1965
Location of birth/death	Szeged	New York City
Authority control	: Q752987 VIAF: 30022523 ISNI: 0000 0001 0962 626X ULAN: 500013231 LCCN: n85378696 Open Library: OL1809269A WorldCat