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
Gari Melchers’ Use of Photography
Gari Melchers was a painter in oil, watercolor and pastel. While some explored the possibilities of photography as an art form, the technology held
Wonderful Wallpaper
Whenever American artist Gari Melchers (1860-1932) found something he thought especially aesthetically pleasing, he tended to incorporate it in his
The Early Modern Masterpiece That Might Have Been Ours
When the National Gallery of Art opened the exhibition Degas at the Races in 1998, Peter Stroh, Gari Melchers’ great nephew, got to wondering
The Painting That Keeps On Giving
The creation of a work of art, just as with music or poetry, begins with the germ of an idea or a sudden inspiration, suggested by, say, the flash of
Picturing New Connections: An Art Program for People with Memory Loss
By Michelle Crow-Dolby, Education and Communications Manager, Gari Melchers Home & Studio, updated May 9, 2023 “Viewing art is a
The Communion by Gari Melchers
If you're ever in Ithaca, New York, don't miss the chance to see this lovely painting at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Reblogged from Hit