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Plein Air Painting

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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

May 17, 2021

More Melchers Paintings Surface

As curator at GMHS I have been compiling a complete Melchers database for years, 38 to be precise. Over 1650 individual items have been catalogued,

Category iconArt,  Belmont Estate,  Corinne Melchers,  Gari and Corinne Melchers,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Historic Home,  Historic House,  Historic House Museum,  model,  Plein Air Painting,  Studio and Galleries

June 1, 2020

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

Category iconArt,  Belmont Estate,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  Photography,  Plein Air Painting,  Visual Arts

October 14, 2014

A Plein Air Artist’s Paradise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtP97L6vczk Artists of all types and ages are encouraged to use Belmont as the backdrop for their artistic

Category iconArt,  Belmont Estate,  Plein Air Painting Tag iconartist,  Belmont,  Cedar Run,  Commerce Street,  Gari Melchers,  Gari Melchers Home and Studio,  In Old Virginia,  Morning Haze,  Nelson Berry's Store,  painting,  plein air,  Snowfall,  Stafford Heights,  The Grape Arbor,  The Hunters,  The Thaw

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