Gari Melchers

Julius Garibaldi Melchers (August 11, 1860 – November 30, 1932) was a well-known expatriate genre and portrait painter at the turn of the century. The son of a Westphalian sculptor, Julius Theodore Melchers (1828-1908), Gari studied with his father before enrolling in 1877 at the Düsseldorf Royal Art Academy, where he studied with Karl von Gebhardt (1839-1925). Four years ...