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Throughout his career, Melchert worked with many media, including painting, drawing, performance art, film, and most notably sculpture and ceramics. His unique process involves breaking down, drawing on, and reassembling ceramic tiles before painting the new constructions with glaze.
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Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, Melchert donated his papers to the Smithsonian’s Archive of American Arts in 2004 and 2019–2021. His work is held by over two dozen collections, including the
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James
Frederick Melchert was born on December 2, 1930, in New Breman, Ohio. His parents were Hulda Egli and Rev. John Carl Melchert, and he had two older brothers. He graduated in 1948 from
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Ceramic Presence in Modern Art: Selections from the Linda Leonard Schlenger Collection and the Yale University Art Gallery
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in 1952, he moved to Japan where he taught
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From 1977 until 1981, Melchert served as the director of Visual Arts
Program for the
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from 1961 to 1965; and the
University of California, Berkeley from 1965 to 1992.
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662:"James Melchert papers, circa 1949-2021"
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