In anticipation of the upcoming webinar program on Belmont's Portrait of a Young Girl with Fan presented by our paintings conservator Perry Hurt, I
Gari Melchers: American Master 1860-1932
The name Gari Melchers once held true star power. At the pinnacle of his career, Melchers occupied studios in Paris, Holland and New York, was
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
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 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
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