Gari Melchers (1860 - 1932)
Gari Melchers was active/lived in Virginia, Michigan / France. Gari Melchers is known for figure, genre and portrait painting, mural.
"Conversation over Fence"
Signed lower right
Oil on Canvas
Painting Size: 24" x 20".
Frame Size: 32" x 28".
Created in 1900's
CONDITION
Good Condition
Biography from the Archives of askART
Biography photo for Gari Melchers
Gari Melchers, a painter and muralist, was born in Detroit, the son of a wood-carver and Paris-trained sculptor. His father sent him abroad at seventeen, but it was not until three years later that he actually reached Paris. After pursuing academic German painting in Dusseldorf, he was delighted by the discoveries of the Impressionists, especially Monet, and their use of light.
He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Lefebvre and Boulanger, and was influenced by Bastien-Lepage and Puvis de Chavannes. Among his friends were Saint-Saens, the composer, and Dumas fils, the dramatist. His first exhibited picture, The Letter, painted in Brittany, was accepted for the Salon. From 1883 to 1909, he lived in Egmond Holland, where he did numerous peasant genre and marine scenes, and studied the Old Masters, especially admiring Vermeer. In 1909, he settled in Weimar, Germany, presiding over the art academy, but he came to the U.S. when World War I began.
Melcher returned to his home, "Belmont", near Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is where the Madonna of the Rappahannock was painted. Above his studio door, was the motto for his art, "True and Clear."
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Private Collection from New Jersey
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Good Condition