# Mother and Child

**Gari Melchers** (born Detroit MI 1860-died Falmouth, VA 1932)  
ca. 1920  
oil on paperboard  
23 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (58.9 x 50.3 cm)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1929.6.74. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=17304).

## About this work

Gari Melchers painted this in about 1920, aged 60. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Gari Melchers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gari-melchers)

born Detroit MI 1860-died Falmouth, VA 1932

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 60
- Real size: about 23 × 20 in (59 × 50 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Subjects: Mother and child, Figure group, Family
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mother-and-child-si-saam-1929-6-74).