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Jim Melchert

Jim Melchert was an American sculptor, painter and ceramicist (1930–2023). He was born at Bremen.

Also recorded as James Frederick Melchert; James Melchert; James F. Melchert.

Jim Melchert in brief

Born
1930
Died
2023
Known for
sculptor, painter and ceramicist
Place of birth
Bremen
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Recognition and collections

Jim Melchert received Fellow of the American Craft Council. Work by Jim Melchert is held by Art Institute of Chicago, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Catalogued works

4 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1960 to 1967.

Untitled, from: 10 West Coast Artists, dated 1967, held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art, inventory 2003.005g. Ghost Plate with Mickey Mouse Ears, dated 1964, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2001.8. Ron Nagle. Untitled (Vessel), dated ca. 1960, glazed ceramic, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2020.296.45.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

Vanderbilt Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Smithsonian American Art Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Melchert, Helmut, Oxford Music Online, 2002. Melchert, Adolf, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Thelesperma Curvicarpum T. E. Melchert (Compositae), New Species, The Southwestern Naturalist, 1963.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Jim Melchert studied at European Ceramics Work Center.

The field of work recorded is ceramic art.

Work by Jim Melchert is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Vanderbilt Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Craft Council.

Chronology

  1. 1930Jim Melchert born at Bremen.
  2. 1960Untitled (Vessel) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1964Ghost Plate with Mickey Mouse Ears (Smithsonian American Art Museum).
  4. 1967Untitled, from: 10 West Coast Artists (Vanderbilt Museum of Art).
  5. 2023Jim Melchert died.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Jim Melchert (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1689162: Jim Melchert

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  3. 3.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Jim Melchert (1 object).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  4. 4.

    “Jim Melchert”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Ceramics

1,104 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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