The Metcalfe Society

Metcalfe Fonds

Eric Metcalfe is a Canadian artist born 1940 in Vancouver, Canada. He became involved in the mail art correspondence network with Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov in 1963, has exhibited at the University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery in 1967, Victoria Art Gallery in 1968; he was also included in the 1970 Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition New York Correspondence School, and Morris/Trasov's Image Bank Postcard Show, 1971. In 1969 Metcalfe married artist Kate Craig, collaborating together as Dr. Brute and Lady Brute. Metcalfe's Leopard Reality research begun in 1970 led to exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, collaborations with Mr. Peanut and Marcel Dot, General Idea, and Hank Bull, and performance at the 1974 Decca Dance in Los Angeles. Metcalfe also produced and performed in film and video extensively from 1972, in 1973 co-founding the Western Front artists' centre in Vancouver and from 1978 curating its performance programme. Metcalfe continues to collaborate, exhibit and perform widely in Canada, Europe, the United States, and Australia, notably at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1984, and at Documenta 8, 1987. The fonds consists of correspondence, postcards, photographic prints, drawings, and film. Related material is held by the Canada Council Art Bank, the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, as well as other collections internationally. Donated by Eric Metcalfe 1996.

Another Artist

"Gene Metcalfe describes himself as a realist. Watercolor being a favourite media. "It's fresh, spontaneous, exiting and always a challenge. I also use oil, but for different subject matter." Metcalfe is a Juried member of the Arizona Watercolor Association. Mr. Metcalfe's early sketches were all confiscated by German officers in 1944-1945 at Stalag VII-A, Mao Seburg, Germany. By profession, Metcalfe is a teacher/coach, in elementary, secondary school, and college. He is a watercolourist and also does murals. Education: The Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Southern California. Metcalfe is a committee member to establish a combination M. F. A. degree/teaching credentials for post graduate candidates - Stanford University."