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Melville Wire

Melville Thomas Wire (1877 - 1966) was active/lived in Oregon, California, Illinois.  Melville Wire is known for Rural landscape, etcher.

An impressionist painter, Melville Wire was an ordained Methodist minister in Oregon and serving parishes throughout the state for sixty-one years, painted on canvas the countryside he traveled by car. In addition to painting hundreds of oils, he produced over thirty etchings of landscapes. Combined, his many scenes of Oregon make him "one of the state's foremost chroniclers of its diverse scenery" (126) before modern development. He was not a part of any organized group of painters but was a solitary figure using impressionist style to convey his feelings about the land he loved.

Melville Wire was born in Austin, Illinois in 1877, and at age seven moved with his family to Salem, Oregon where his father became pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He and his father spent a lot of time together hunting and fishing, and spotting the son's art talent, his father enrolled him in classes in Salem at Willamette University with Marie Craig. Studying with her until he was sixt   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4370 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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