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April 25, 2022

Missouri State Capitol Murals: The Backstory

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

Category iconEugene Field,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers,  John Pickard,  Major James Rollins,  Mark Twain,  Missouri Governor,  Missouri State Capitol,  mural,  pose,  Robert McGill Mackall,  Susan Blow

Mrs. Gari Melchers

September 23, 2020

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

Category iconArt Gallery,  Corinne Melchers,  Detroit Athletic Club,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  model,  pose,  Wedding Photography,  Weddings Tag iconCorinne Melchers,  Detroit Athletic Club,  Gari Melchers,  Love,  Model,  painting,  Pose,  Wedding Photography

Belmont Studio Interior

June 24, 2020

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

Category iconArt,  Art Gallery,  Artist Studio,  Bryant Park,  Bryant Park Studios,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Northern Light,  Studio and Galleries,  Visual Arts Tag iconart,  Artist Studios,  Bryant Park,  Bryant Park Studio Building,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  New York City,  northern light,  Studio,  visual art

Wonderful Wallpaper

May 22, 2020

Wonderful Wallpaper

Whenever American artist Gari Melchers (1860-1932) found something he thought especially aesthetically pleasing, he tended to incorporate it in his

Category iconArt,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Visual Arts

'Yoshino' close up

March 20, 2020

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.

Category iconBelmont Estate,  Flowers,  Spring Garden

July 14, 2019

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

Category iconDialogic Method,  Frank Vagnone,  Historic House Museum,  Re-imagined House Tour

June 22, 2019

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

Category iconAlzheimer's Association,  Alzheimer's disease,  Art,  Art Gallery,  Dementia,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Visual Arts

Black Hawk life cast on display in studio.

May 28, 2019

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

Category iconBlack Hawk,  Gari Melchers,  Julius Melchers Tag iconBlack Hawk,  Black Hawk State Historic Site and Museum,  Gari Melchers,  John Mix Stanley,  Julius Melchers

April 11, 2019

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

Category iconArt Gallery,  Gari Melchers Tag iconGallery Wall Colors,  Gari Melchers

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