Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
MELCHERS JOINS !.
CORCORAN BOARD
internationally Famous Artist
Elected Member of TruS-
tees Group.

Carl Melchers, internationally re-
nowned artist, has been elected a men,
Der of the board of trustees Of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art 1t was disclosed
today following the quarterly meeting of
the board. held at the gallery.
Mr.. Melchers was chosen to succeed
the late James Parmelee, who was a
trustee from 1916 until his death last
April. and who also was first vice
president of the gallery.
George E. Hamilton. acting president
has appointed Mr.. Melchers to men,
bership on the Committee on Works OF
Art.
Election Of Mr.. Melchers brings to
the Corcoran Gallery in an official
capacity a man who, according to the
Cyclopaedia of American Biography,
has achieved more and greater distinc-
ton than has yet come to any other
American-born painter"
Has Distinguished Works.
His canvases hang in the leading
galleries of America and Europe and
| in recognition thereof he has received
,, long list of notable awards and other
honors.
Mr.. Melchers has manifested intense
| interest in activities of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art for years. He was a
visitor to the Twelfth Biennial Exhibit
| ton of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings at the Corcoran Gallery last
December and later wrote letter
/ praising the exhibition as "a true cross
section Of contemporary American art.
! Mr.. Melchers himself received one OF
| the gallerys biennial w. A. Clark
awards in 1910, when he was awarded
second prize.
Born in Detroit II years ago, Mr..
Melchers inherited his love Of art from
his father, julius Theodor Melchers,
sculptor, of Westphalia, Germany. He
studied for three years at the Academy
of Fine Arts, Dusseldorf, Germany, and
| then became a pupil of Boulanger and
Lefebvre at the Ecole des Beaux Arts
| in Paris.
internationally Honored.
His first painting. The Letter" was
exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882,
and four years later his picture, The
! Sermon" now hanging in the Corcoran
Gallery, received honorable mention at
| the Paris Salon. His awards since then
| have been many and varied. He has
/ received special recognition from salons
| in Amsterdam. Munich, Berlin, Antwerp
and Vienna: wen grand prize at the
Paris Exposition and gold medals at
/ the American, st. Louis and Sesqui-
centennial Expeditions in this country.
Foreign governments have decorated
him for his outstanding accomplish
ments. France made him a chevalier
| of the Legion Of Honor and an officer
OF that order. and Germany has be-
slowed upon him the decorations of a
knight of the Order of ST. Michael Of
Bavaria, of an officer of the Royal
Prussian Order or the Red Eagle and Of
an officer OF the Grand Ducal Order of
the White Falcon of Saxony. The Uni
versity of Michigan has conferred upon
him the honorary degree of doctor Of
laws.
His paintings hang in the Luxem-
bourg, Paris; the National Gallery. Ber-
lin the zwinger Gallery. Dresden: the
| National Gallery. Rome, and the Arts
Gallery Toronto. in addition to the
principal galleries of the United States.
| Among the latter are the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. New York; The Car
negie Institute, Pittsburgh; the Penn
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila-
delphia, and the Corcoran, National and
Phillips Memorial Galleries and the
Library of Congress in this city.
He is represented in the permanent