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Michelle Crow-Dolby

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December 9, 2024

Gari Melchers & John Singer Sargent

Did Gari Melchers (1860-1932) know fellow artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)? The American expats were, after all, born only four years apart and

Category iconGari Melchers,  John Singer Sargent,  Paris Exposition,  Paris Salon,  Plein Air Painting,  Theodore Roosevelt,  Uncategorized

January 3, 2024

Animal Lovers

No doubt about it, Gari and Corinne Melchers loved animals. The couple enjoyed dogs as pets and usually had at least one canine companion at all

Category iconanimals,  dog,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  parrot,  pets Tag iconBelmont,  Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  pets

July 28, 2023

Spirit of an Artist

While his passing is a real loss to American art, the spirit of his work will always live. Adolph A Weinman, German-born American sculptor Our

Category iconArt,  Corinne Melchers,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio Tag iconAdolph A Weinman,  American Academy of Arts and Letters,  Cass Gilbert,  Childe Hassam,  Corinne Melchers,  Dr Nicholas Murray Butler,  Edward Alden Jewell,  Edwin H Blashfield,  F. Wellington Ruckstull,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Governor Cross,  Herbert Adams,  John Sloan,  Leonard Mackall,  Robert Underwood Johnson,  Royal Cortissoz,  The New York Times

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

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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

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