Gari Melchers papers
name: label: Creator
content: Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932
label: Names
content: Hitchcock, George, 1850-1913
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- France -- Paris
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1977-1978 by Belmont-The Gari Melchers Memorial Gallery.
creator: label: Creator
content: Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, mural painter and portrait painter.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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1887-1947
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.melcgari
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1180-1182, 1407, and 1427 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Belmont - The Gari Melchers Memorial Gallery, Falmouth, Virginia.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available in Archives of American Art's Washington, D.C. office.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs, correspondence, sales and exhibition files, awards and certificates, and a diary.
label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.
label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1427: Photographs of Melchers, Melchers' studios, models, and friends, among them George Hitchcock, and photographs of Melchers' paintings.