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Archived News

2019

Recovered Painting Looted by Nazis Is Identical to Painting on Display in Philadelphia Museum (Newsweek, November 4, 2019)

Painting looted by Nazis has a twin at PAFA — and another in Virginia (The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 3, 2019)

Painting stolen by Nazis from influential Berlin family recovered in New York (Deutsche Welle, October 27, 2019)

F.B.I. Recovers Nazi-Looted Painting From New York Museum (Smithsonian.com, October  28, 2019)

Painting by American artist that Nazis stole from Jewish family recovered from N.Y. museum (The Associated Press, October 23, 2019)

Painting stolen by Nazis seized by FBI at Canajoharie art museum (Albany Times Union, October 22, 2019)

Painting looted by Nazis in 1930s seized by FBI in New York (Washington Examiner, October 18, 2019)

Artistic discoveries await visitors at Virginia’s Belmont (Recreation News, April 2019)

Great Lives Lecture:  Gari Melchers (University of Mary Washington, February, 2019)

2018

25 Best Things to Do in Fredericksburg, Virginia (Vacationidea.com, 2018)

Theodore Roosevelt’s Portrait by Gari Melchers (White House History Quarterly, August 2018)

Off the Beaten Track:  Fredericksburg, Virginia (Pink Caddy Travelogue, July 4, 2018)

A Day Off in Fredericksburg (Virginia Living Magazine, May 11, 2018)

Willistead acquires historic portrait of Edward Chandler Walker by artist Gari Melchers (Windsor Star, May 16, 2018)

Video:  2018 Beeping Egg Hunt (March 25, 2018)

Winter Antiques Show Loan Exhibition — Citizen Philanthropists: Patrons And Placemaking At The Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts (Winter Antiques Show, January 15, 2018)

10 Women Who Influenced Historic Artists’ Homes (National Trust for Historic Preservation, March 12, 2018)

9 Inspiring Artist’s Studios You Can Visit (The Spaces, February 3, 2018)

2017

12 ways a visit to Fredericksburg, VA will surprise you (Matador Network, November 2, 2017)

Artists’ Home and Studios You Can Visit in Washington, DC (Culture Trip, October 24, 2017)

Stepping into the Fredericksburg Time Machine (Boomer Magazine, October 13, 2017)

12 Reasons Why You’ll Fall for Fredericksburg (Huffington Post, October 16, 2017)

The Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios program upholds our rich artistic tradition (Digs, June 15, 2017)

Telfair remembers Rodin with exhibit, events (Do Savannah, 8.30.17)

“Belmont Portrayed” Photography Exhibit Opens March 17 (Fredericksburg Today, March 7, 2017)

Belmont – Ferry Farm Trail Access Completed at Gari Melchers Home and Studio (Fredericksburg Today, 1.20.17)

2016

Looking for Pearls:  ‘One Hundred Years of Harmony’ a soothing light at the Jepson (SavannahNow, 9.22.16)

Portrait of An Artist:  3D Edition, (the Virtual Curation Laboratory Lab Blog, 3.5.16)

2015

A Man in Two Worlds (Virginia Living, 11.5.15)

Gari Melchers Home, Studio a step back in time (Inside NoVA, 11.24.15)

Gari Melchers:  An American Impressionist At Home and Abroad (Antiques and the Arts Weekly, 4.24.15)

‘An American Impressionist’ In Fairfield (CTNOW, 3.17.15)

2014

Belmont: Gari Melchers Home and Art Studio in Virginia, (The Huffington Post: Travel, 2.6.14 )

2011

Alice’s Wonderland: A Walmart heiress builds a museum in the Ozarks (The New Yorker, 6.27.11).

Fred Leeman Reviews Dutch Utopia: American Artists in Holland, 1880-1914 (Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide, Spring).

2009

An I-95 Detour Leads to History, Art (Special to The Washington Post, 4.15.09).

2004

A Portrait Painter’s Work is Preserved in Virginia Mansion (Baltimore Sun, 7-8-04)

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