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More Melchers Paintings Surface

May 17, 2021 by jcatron 6 Comments

As curator at GMHS I have been compiling a complete Melchers database for years, 38 to be precise. Over 1650 individual items have been catalogued, everything from thumbnail sketches to major easel paintings. Just when I think I’ve identified everything of the artist’s output, new works surface. This spring has been no different.

Gari Melchers, St. Lucia,circa 1928, Watercolor and gouache on paper, 14 x 18 inches, private collection

May saw the sale at Hindman Auctions (Chicago) of a 14 x 18-inch watercolor entitled St. Lucia, circa 1928, housed in its original Whistler-style frame, a painting previously unknown to me. It is a lovely near-duplicate of another Melchers view of that Caribbean island gifted by the artist’s widow with the rest of the Belmont collection. The presale estimate for the Hindman example was given at $2,000 to $3,000, and, not surprisingly, the breezy, jewel-toned landscape sold at over $11,000.

Gari Melchers, The Stevedore, ca. 1906, oil on canvas, private collection

The Stevedore, an oil painting measuring 33 x 21 inches and painted about 1906, has just come to light. It is a classic Melchers character or vocational portrait that has been missing for decades, quietly passing down through the descendants of an important Michigan family. 

The model for the portrait was a favorite of Melchers, Albert Wijker, a native of Egmond aan Zee, Holland, a North Sea fishing village where the artist drew much of his greatest inspiration. 

The owner is considering the painting for the auction block.

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  1. Ginny Christina says

    May 17, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    How exciting, Joanna! Especially The Stevedore. What a face!

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  2. Carla Kager says

    May 17, 2021 at 2:26 pm

    Ah, Joanna, wonderful the watercolour, but how special to see the Stevedore finally!

    Albert Wijker (1854 – 1925) had a nickname in Egmond: “Wip” and of course you know he was on several paintings.

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  3. Phyllis Campbell Whitley says

    June 1, 2021 at 11:54 am

    Joanne, You are an amazing woman. If there are any other Melchers works out there I am sure you will find them. Thanks for sharing your stories with us.

    Reply
  4. Susann says

    June 26, 2021 at 8:32 am

    I have a painting that i would like to talk about with you
    Susann

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    • Michelle Crow-Dolby says

      June 28, 2021 at 1:19 pm

      Please feel free to contact Joanna at jcatron@umw.edu.

      Reply
  5. Susann says

    June 26, 2021 at 8:32 am

    I have a painting that i would like to talk about with you

    Reply

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