On the heels of his success with the Detroit Public Library murals, Gari Melchers was approached in early 1922 by John Pickard, Missouri State Capitol
Wife & Model
While headed to Italy on a transatlantic cruise ship in 1902 with her mother and younger brother, twenty-one year old art student Corinne Lawton
An Artist’s Fascination with Light
As an expatriate in Holland, Germany, and Paris and back in the United States, every time Gari Melchers pulled up stakes he was compelled to find a
Wonderful Wallpaper
Whenever American artist Gari Melchers (1860-1932) found something he thought especially aesthetically pleasing, he tended to incorporate it in his
Garden in Bloom
Although our site is currently closed during the COVID-19 crisis, our garden manager, Jody Wilken, shares what's blooming in our spring garden.
New Historic House Museum Tour Unveiled
We have recently turned our traditional historic house tour on its ear. The standard 30-minute, guided docent monologue has been torn apart and
Picturing New Connections: An Art Program for People with Memory Loss
Sitting in a doctor’s office a few years ago, I picked up an old copy of Neurology Now and read an article that intrigued me as a museum
Black Hawk Life Cast Used for Gari Melchers’ ‘Conspiracy of Pontiac’ Mural
Gari Melchers Home and Studio docent Murray Corliss contributed to this post. This life cast, or three-dimensional plaster cast made from a mold of
Pink Gallery Walls?
Our guests often ask if the unusual pink wall color in the studio's gallery rooms is original to Gari Melchers' time. The answer is no. The color