Archives of American Art

Gari Melchers papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.melcgari
Creators:
Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932
Dates:
1887-1947
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Microfilm reels
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Photographs, correspondence, sales and exhibition files, awards and certificates, and a diary.
Scope and Contents
REELS 1180-1182: Correspondence; awards and certificates; and ten pages of diary, February and March 1908. Diary entries concern Melchers's visit at the White House while President Theodore Roosevelt was sitting for a portrait by Melchers. The correspondence includes general and business correspondence, and an extensive personal correspondence with his wife.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1407: Family correspondence, 1901-1916, general correspondence, 1892-1932, and correspondence of his widow and brother-in-law; sales and exhibition files, 1915-1947, which contain lists of paintings, correspondence, and printed matter.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1427: Photographs of Melchers, Melchers' studios, models, and friends, among them George Hitchcock, and photographs of Melchers' paintings.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter, mural painter and portrait painter. Lived at "Belmont", his home in Falmouth, Virginia, near Fredericksburg. Born in Detroit, Michigan. Studied at Royal Art Academy, Dusseldorf, Germany; and Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian, Paris. Won Grand Prize at 1889 Paris Exposition along with John Singer Sargent. Received LL.D. from the University of Michigan. Painted portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. Invited to paint murals for the Library of Congress and the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Member of the International Board of Judges at the Chicago Exposition. President of the New Society of Artists, 1920-1929.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1180-1182, 1407, and 1427 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals in Belmont - The Gari Melchers Memorial Gallery, Falmouth, Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1977-1978 by Belmont-The Gari Melchers Memorial Gallery.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

More Information

Other Finding Aids

Other Finding Aids
Finding aid available in Archives of American Art's Washington, D.C. office.


Keywords

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Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- France -- Paris Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muralists -- Virginia Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muralists -- France -- Paris Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Portrait painters -- Virginia Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Hitchcock, George, 1850-1913 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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