Melville Wire (1877-1966)2022-07-202022-07-20SCH92.03https://hdl.handle.net/10177/19470Melville Wire was both an artist and a Methodist minister. Born in Austin, Illinois, he came to Oregon at the age of seven when his father was named pastor of the First Methodist Church in Salem. As a young boy, he took art lessons from Marie Craig at Willamette University and was a painter and etcher throughout his life. A graduate of Garrett Theological seminary in Evanston, Illinois, he was also a minister, serving a total of 61 years as a pastor of Methodist churches throughout Oregon.JP215 x 18"PaintingOil on canvasFor use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.htmlCloudsLandscape paintingsLandscapes (Representations)Oil paintingsPaintingsPlantsRiversTreesImage