ALEXANDRA MERKER 2 Apples Signed Painting, oil on board, inscription to lower right reads MERKER, inscription on frame reads A. MERKER 2 Apples, subject shows a still life of a red and green apple, comes with brochure on the artist, window measures approx 9 x 10 3/4 in., frame measures approx 13 1/2 x 15 1/2 in., wood 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, MERKER signed painting, exhibition art, MERKER 2 Apples, still life painting, oil on board, Fauvist still life, impressionist still life, fauvism, Impressionism, modern art, wall decor, wall art 7