Artist Pubs

Henry Metzger

Henry Metzger (1876 - 1949) was active/lived in Saskatchewan / Canada, France.  Henry Metzger is known for Indian portrait, church religious theme easel and mural painting.

Henry Metzger (1876 - 1949) (1)

A painter and muralist, Father Henry Metzger was born in Grendelbruch, France. He immigrated to Canada in 1909 and died in Kronau, Saskatchewan. (2)

His primary medium was oil paint. His most well-known subjects were portraits of Indians and religious themed works for churches. He also painted landscape, mountain, shoreline and genre* scenes depicting locations in Saskatchewan, and possibly places where he lived or visited in Europe and the Middle East. His style was Realism*. AskART images have some excellent illustrations of his Indian portraits, the St. Peter's Heritage Society website have several photos of his religious paintings in St. Peter's Church, Kronau, Saskatchewan.

Before becoming a Roman Catholic priest, he studied art in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts* and at the Academie Julian*; and in Munich, Germany under Martin Feuerstein. Metzger also traveled in Switzerland, Italy (Rome, Florence, Milan and Venice), Egypt an   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4795 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 34 auction lots for Henry Metzger (of which 31 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 1 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Henry Metzger as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Henry Metzger in 0 of its research Essays. Henry Metzger has 1 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Henry Metzger available:    Walter Drohan,  Louis De Niverville,  Kazuo Nakamura,  John Kasyn,  Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles,  Robert Ford Gagen,  Patrick Douglass Cox,  Nicolas (Nicola Nicholas) De Grandmaison,  Doris Jean McCarthy,  Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton,  Allan Dunfield,  Allen (Allan) Fredrick Sapp,  Laura Adeline Muntz-Lyall,  Herbert Sidney Palmer,  Isabel McLaughlin,  Barker Fairley,  Randolph Stanley Hewton,  Richard Savoie,  Joseph Francis Plaskett,  Arthur Shilling,  John William Beatty,  Sarah Margaret Armour Robertson,  William Perehudoff,  Molly Joan Lamb Bobak