ALEXANDRA MERKER Double-Sided Signed Impressionist Portrait and landscape, oil on paper mounted to board, on one side inscription to lower right reads MERKER, subject shows a person sitting down dressed in period clothing executed in the impressionist style. On the other side oil painting on paper mounted to the same board, inscribed signature to lower right reads MERKER, subject shows an impressionist seascape of waves splashing against rocks, board measures approx 18 x 12 in. wear and abrasions to the edges of the paper & board; accretion, scratching, and darkening to the composition.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, signed MERKER painting, impressionist landscape, impressionist seascape, impressionist portrait, period clothing portrait, period piece, impressionist art, impressionist painting, Impressionism, modern art, wall art, wall decor 7