Longing for Egmond: Gari Melchers and George Hitchcock Their Years in the Netherlands

Beautiful atmospheric 19th paintings of pastoral Belgium by two American artists who lived there.

In the last quarter of the 19th century, the Netherlands was a popular travel destination for artists. The American artists Gari Melchers and George Hitchcock visited the country in the 1880s. In 1884, they settled in Egmond aan Zee, then little more than a small, isolated fishing village. There they painted the life of the people and the landscape. Melchers soon garnered international success w...