Artists in Their Studios Exhibition at the Gari Melchers Home and Studio

An exhibition of 53 photographs and documents on loan from the Archives of American Art to the Gari Melchers Home and Studio in Fredericksburg, VA
September 13 through November 23, 2008

From the sumptuously furnished studios of the late 19th century to the austere workrooms of the present day, studio spaces have played a dynamic role in the history of American art—not simply reflecting aesthetic visions, but informing them.

This look at artists in their studios, through photographs and documents from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, offers a behind-the-scenes view into the life of American artists and their unique work spaces.

For details, see Gari Melchers Home and Studio.

Also, don't miss the Archives’ companion book, Artists in Their Studios: Images from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art by Liza Kirwin and Joan Lord.

Images from this Traveling Exhibit

[LeRoy Neiman at work in his studio], 1990 Sept..	[Painter Chuck Close and subject Ray Johnson], 1983.	George Sugarman at work in his studio, 1977.
[Ellen Hulda Johnson's visit to James Rosenquist's studio], 1964 Apr. 3.	[Bob Thompson at work in his studio], 1964.	[Claes Oldenburg at work in his studio], ca. 1961.
[Saul Steinberg wearing a mask at his desk], 1959.	[Marcel Duchamp playing chess in his studio], 1952.	[Hans Hofmann at work in his studio], 1952.
[John Marin at work in his studio], 1952.	[Joint tax return - income/expense notes], 1953.	[Willem de Kooning at work in his studio], 1952.
[William Zorach at work], ca. 1950.	[Robert Motherwell at work in his studio], 1952.	[Alexander Calder marking metal piece.], ca. 1950.
[William Zorach letter to Dahlov Zorach Ipcar], 1949 Feb. 5.	[Phillip Evergood at work], ca. 1950.	[Carl Holty, Joan Miró and others], 1947.
[Reginald Marsh at work], ca. 1945.	[Blanche Lazzell on her porch of her Provincetown studio], 1942.	[Yasuo Kuniyoshi letter to George Biddle], 1941 Dec. 11.
[Moses Soyer and others in his studio], 1940.	[Eugenie Gershoy], 1940 Oct. 29.	[John Sloan, Will Shuster and Josef Bakos], 1939.
[Chaim Gross working on a sculpture], ca. 1938.	[Grant Wood letter to Zenobia Ness], 1930 Oct. 28.	[Herbert Haseltine letter to Martin Birnbaum], between 1930 and 1962.
[Herbert Haseltine at work], ca. 1930.	[Grant Wood in his studio], 193-?.	[John French Sloan letter to Walter Pach], 1920 June 9.
[Henry Ossawa Tanner at work in his studio], ca. 1920.	[Reception in Bessie Potter Vonnoh's studio], 1910.	[Andrew Dasburg and others in his studio], 1910.
[Francis Davis Millet, Washington, D.C. letter to Augusto Floriano Jaccaci], [1908] May 22.	[East side is east; West Side is west], ca. 1910.	[Paul Wayland Bartlett at work], 1908.
[Adolph Weinman at work], ca. 1909.	[Francis Davis Millet, and assistants, at work, in his studio on the mural The History of Shipping from the Earliest Recorded Use of Boats until the Present Time], 1907.	[Abraham Walkowitz in his studio], 1908.
[N.C. Wyeth at work], 191-?.	Elizabeth Shippen Green, Violet Oakley, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Henrietta Cozens with Violet Oakley as a group refering to themselves as the The Red Roses, ca. 1901.	[Enid Yandell at work], ca. 1897.
[Philip Martiny and models used for sculptures], ca. 1892.	[Frederick Arthur Bridgman at work in his studio], ca. 1890.	[George Grey Barnard working in his studio], ca. 1900.
[John Singer Sargent to Mr. Alden], 1887 Jan. 19.	[Walter Gay at work], ca. 1885.	[John Singer Sargent in his studio], ca. 1885.
[Frank Duveneck, in his studio, with Frank Dengler and H.F. Farny], ca. 1874.	[Hiram Powers with sculpture bust of the Roman goddess Proserpine], ca. 1844.