Esther Garcia Eder was born in Buenos Aires. She studied painting as a young woman under renowned Argentine painter, Emilio Pettoruti (1892 - 1971.)
At 24, she moved to the United States, married, and raised seven children. She returned to painting full time in 1980 and has spent the last five decades painting from her studios in Boston’s South End and on Vinalhaven, an island twelve miles off the coast of Maine.
Esther’s work has been exhibited in the U.S. and France, and reviewed by critics in The New York Times and The Boston Globe.
Works by Esther Garcia Eder
Windy Day, 16 x 20in - $3,000
Wine Dark Sea, 18 x 18in - $3,000
Ocean From Vinalhaven, 12 x16in - $2,000
Ocean Track, 20 x 16in - $3,000
Quarry at Noon, 24 x 30in - $4,400
Studio, 20 x 16in - $3,000
Carver's Harbor II, 16 x 20in - $3,000
Yellow Light, 22 x 28in - $4,000
Sunny Spot, 20 x 24in - $3,400
• Blue Harbor - SOLD
• Boy at Quarry - SOLD
Reviews
“Glorious – ecstatic, euphoric, life enhancing. Just what the world needs!”
- John Russell, The New York Times
“Smart, sharp, and breathtaking. Eder’s brilliant colors and gestural, dancing brushwork are exuberant”
- Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent, Boston Globe
“The strange, dream-like conviction of Douanier Rosseau, the hauntingly vibrant colours of Gauguin, the lyrical flights of exuberance of Chagall, as well as the hints of humour and visual witticisms of Paul Klee or of Miro – all of these painters have in their own way contributed to the kind of painting produced by Esther Garcia Eder: ‘Magic realism’”
- Maria K. Greenwood, Professor of Art History at the Paris Sorbonne
“Eder paints a world where nature and magic effortlessly converge”
- Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe
Esther’s Studio Tour
Browse photos of Esther Garcia Eder’s two studios - one on Vinalhaven Island and one in Boston - and see how her work differs in each location.