ALEXANDRA MERKER Signed White Mushrooms Painting, oil on board, inscribed signature to lower left reads MERKER, inscription on frame reads Alexandra MERKER White Mushrooms, subject shows two white mushrooms against a vivid background, comes with informational brochure on the artist, window measures approx 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in., frame measures approx 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in., wear and abrasions to the edges of the board; accretion, scratching, and darkening to the composition. white toned wood frame, piece is loose in frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame. Alexandra MERKER (American, 1920 – 2009) was an artist work in the mid 20th century and studied all the plastic art mediums at the Art Students League in NYC of which she was a lifetime member. She painted throughout the world and was exhibited both Nationally and Internationally. She represented in the US during the Festival International de Peinture in France; Galleria San Marco in Rome; and the Riverside Museum in NYC among others. She has lectured, taught, and organized International, National and local Art Exhibitions. She was the former president of Lithuanian Artists of Greater N.Y., the former vice-president and treasurer of Modern Artists Guild, as well as the Bergen Community Museum. She was also a Charter Member of the North Jersey Cultural Council. She is listed in the Lithuanian Encyclopedia as well as Lithuanian World Who's Who. She was also Chairman of Painting and Sculpture Exhibition at the N.Y. World's Fair for Lithuanian participation. Her work is owned by private collectors world wide, some private collections are found in Marchesa Bosurgi in Rome, Comtesse De Grandfrey in Paris, as well as collections in China, and The United States. ALEXANDRA MERKER, MERKER, ALEXANDRA MERKER signed painting, oil on board, impressionist art, Fauvist art, surreal art, psychedelic art, psychedelic motif, psychedelic decor, Impressionism, fauvism, modern art, wall art, wall decor 7