Gari Melchers or Julius Melchers (August 11, 1860 - 1932) was an American artist. August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ...

He was born at Detroit, Michigan. The son of a sculptor, at seventeen he was sent to Düsseldorf to study art under von Gebhardt, and after three years went to Paris, where he worked at the Academie Julien and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Attracted by the pictorial side of Holland, he settled at Egmond. His first important Dutch picture, The Sermon, brought him honorable mention at the Paris Salon of 1886. City motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) City nicknames: The Motor City and Motown Location in the state of Michigan Founded July 24, 1701 County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 370. ... Düsseldorf in Germany The Düsseldorf Coat of Arms Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... École des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ... This article is about the region in the Netherlands. ... Bergen (population: 31,738 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ...

He became a member of the National Academy of Design, New York; the Royal Academy of Berlin; Socit Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris; International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, London, and the Secession Society, Munich; and, besides receiving a number of medals, his decorations include the Legion of Honor, France; the order of the Red Eagle, Germany; and knight of the Order of St Michael, Bavaria. The National Academy of Design, in New York, (often termed simple The National Academy) is an honorary association of American artists, with a museum and a school of fine arts. ... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (in Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ... The Order of the Red Eagle was a chivalric order of Prussia awarded to recognize valor in combat or excellence in military leadership. ...

Besides portraits, his chief works are: The Supper at Emmaus, in the Krupp collection at Essen; The Family, National Gallery, Berlin; Mother and Child, Luxembourg; and the decoration, at the Congressional Library, Washington, Peace and War. The Krupp family is a prominent 400-year-old German family from Essen, famous for their steel production and manufacture of ammunition and armaments. ... Essen is the name of the following places: Essen, Germany, one of the major cities of the Ruhr area Essen, Lower Saxony, Germany Essen, Belgium Essen, Netherlands German: foot This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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