The curator is compiling a catalog raisonné or complete annotated listing (with photographs) that identifies and locates every known work by Melchers, everything from thumbnail sketches to major oil paintings. This information is not intended for commercial purposes but will assist the curator and other scholars as they study Melchers’ career and the work of his contemporaries. If you know of the existence of a picture by Melchers and would like to assist the curator in her search, please email her at jcatron@umw.edu.

Photo: Gari Melchers Home and Studio
Have you seen the portrait that appears on the easel in the background of this 1890s photo of Melchers and his model in his Paris studio?

Photo: Gari Melchers Home and Studio
This oil on canvas painting entitled Saint Genevieve was held at one time in a Chicago or Detroit-based private collection. Have you seen her?