Julius Gari Melchers (American, 1860–1932)

AugJulius Gari Melchers was born on August 11, 1860, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.¹

In 1882, Melchers presented "The Letter", painted the previous year in Brittany, at the Paris Salon; this first presentation by a young artist was well received.¹

In 1889, he and John Singer Sargent became the first American painters to win a Grand Prize at the Paris Universal Exposition.¹

His mural paintings from the World Columbian Exposition (1893) held in Chicago are now in the Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.¹

The panels Peace and War were commissioned for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago of 1893.¹

In 1903, he married Corinne Lawton Mackall, a Baltimore painter born in 1880.¹

In 1904, he was named an Officer in the French Legion of Honor.¹

He completed a set for three murals in 1921 for the Detroit Public Library, depicting the history of Detroit.¹

NovJulius Gari Melchers died on November 30, 1932, at the age of 72.¹