About
Realist painter whose best-known works included "The Supper at Emmaus," "The Family," and "Mother and Child." Foremost advocate of naturalism. He was awarded the 1932 Gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Before Fame
He studied in his youth at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, the Académie Julian, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Trivia
He taught at the Ducal Saxony School of Art in Weimar, Germany.
Family Life
He was the Detroit, Michigan-born son of German sculptor Julius Theodore Melchers.
Associated With
He and Frederick Frieseke were both Michigan-born painters.
