Recently when my husband and I were visiting our son we spent a pleasurable afternoon in the Seattle Art Museum. They have a wonderful
Melchers’ Little Flying Dutchman
An old ship model now hangs aloft in one corner of Gari Melchers’ studio at Belmont. It is the very same model the painter suspended from the ceiling
A Blue Chip Painting for Gari Melchers
Reprinted from Sketches, a Newsletter for the Friends of Belmont, Spring/Summer 2005 On December 1, 2004, some staggering news from New York may
Melchers Here, There and Just About Everywhere
I subscribe to the theory of six points of separation, the idea that each person is connected to anyone else in the world by no more than six other
No Smoking!
I love this late 1920s candid shot of Gari Melchers posing with his masterpiece The Smithy. The identity of the exhibition and hosting
“Spotlight” on a Melchers Masterpiece
Long before the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. finally closed its doors in 2014 it was already divesting itself of paintings. One important
Melchers’ Tearjerker
The 1890s saw the rise of the commercial music industry in the United States. Sales of sheet music skyrocketed, enabling everyday music
Alien Invasion or Picturesque Nostalgia?
Recently docent Trudy Hardcastle escorted a native Dutchwoman through Belmont who shared interesting information about George Hitchcock’s painting in
Souvenir of the Fair
Back in 2014 I wrote about all the images in our collection that pictured Gari Melchers and the artists who created them. The identity of one in