Cor Melchers (1954 – 15 September 2015) was a Dutch painter.

Life

Melchers was born and grew up in

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. He was a teacher at the primary school ''De Laarakker'' in

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. He started painting in 2003 and became more populair with his naive expressionist work. He won the Mieke Bles Art Prize with its romantic landscapes, impressions of villages, towns and Betuwse orchards in 2008. He exhibited, in the Netherlands (including

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, Amsterdam) and Italy. His atelier was located where he lived, in Huissen. In 2014 his biography was published ''"Cor Melchers, schilder van kleurende eenvoud"'' (translated: ''Cor Melchers, painter of coloring simplicity.'') Melchers was engaged in promoting art. He gave workshops, collaborated on a children's book, and established ''Huissen Kunst in de Etalage'' and art platform ''Kunstplatform Mea Vota''. On September 15, 2015, Melchers died from

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at the age of 61.Over Cor
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