biography of Frank Robert METZ (1925)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, art director

Studied: Phila. Mus. Sch. with Ezio Martinelli; ASL with Will Barnet.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1953-54; Watercolor-Drawings Ann., MMA, 1952; Ann. Drawing & Small Sculpture, Ball State Teachers Col., 1962-63 & 1964-65 (Elisabeth Ball Purchase Award, 1964); Am. Acad. Arts & Letters, Childe Hassam Fund, 1966; The Am. LandscapeóA Living Tradition, Peridot Gal., NYC 1968; Joe de Mers Gal. Ltd., Hilton Head Island, SC, 1970s.

Work: Olsen Found., Guilford, CT; Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, IN.

Comments: Preferred medium: oils. Positions: art dir., Simon & Schuster, 1950-.

Sources: WW73; Jules Perel, "Landscape Drawings of Frank Metz," Am. Artist (May, 1962); Falk, Exh. Record Series.