Corinne Melchers

Corinne Lawton Mackall Melchers (February 27, 1880 – April 7, 1955) was an American painter, humanitarian, and gardener.

Her maternal grandfather was pardoned for his role in the Confederate States Army and was appointed ambassador to the Austrian court of Franz Joseph I of Austria.

[1] By 1902, Mackall opened a studio on North Charles Street and enrolled in courses at the Maryland Institute Practical School for the Mechanic Arts.

In April 1902, while aboard the S.S. Aller, she met painter Gari Melchers who encouraged her to study at his art colony, Egmondse School [nl], in Egmond aan Zee.

[1] After a quick courtship, Mackall and Melchers married on December 31, 1902, and exchanged vows at an Anglican church in Jersey on April 14, 1903.

[2] After a short time in Detroit and New York City, they settled in Falmouth, Virginia where they restored the Belmont Estate, later known as the Gari Melchers Home & Studio.

[1][2] Their home featured their paintings along with works of their friends and family including Melchers' cousin Robert McGill Mackall [Wikidata].

[3] Melchers and her husband established The Artist's Fellowship, a nonprofit organization in New York City and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.