Arthur Millier

Arthur Millier (1893 – March 30, 1975) was a British-born American painter, etcher, printmaker, and art critic. He was the art critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1926 to 1958. His work is in the permanent collections of many museums in the United States.

Arthur Millier
Born1893
Weston-super-Mare, England
DiedMarch 30, 1975
Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting placePritchard Cemetery, Marshall, North Carolina, U.S.
EducationLos Angeles High School
Alma materArt Students League of Los Angeles
California School of Fine Arts
Occupation(s)Painter, etcher, printmaker, art critic
SpouseSarah Pritchard
Children2 sons, 1 daughter

Life

Millier was born in 1893 in Weston-super-Mare, England.[1][2][3] He emigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles in 1908.[4] He was educated at the Los Angeles High School and the Art Students League of Los Angeles.[1] After serving in World War I in France, he attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.[1]

Millier became an etcher, printmaker and painter in San Francisco, exhibiting his work as early as 1922.[1] He taught at the Chouinard Art Institute, Otis Art Institute, the University of Southern California, and the Pasadena Art Institute from 1922 to 1926,[1] and he was the art critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1926 to 1958.[4] He subsequently resumed painting watercolors in San Luis Obispo, California,[4] and he received the Humanities Award from the National Watercolor Society in 1973.[5]

Millier married Sarah Pritchard.[4] They had two sons, Arthur and David, and a daughter, Mrs John Hallock.[4] Millier died on March 30, 1975, in Hackensack, New Jersey, at age 81, and he was buried in the Pritchard Cemetery in Marshall, North Carolina.[4][5] His work is in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art,[6] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[7] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[8] and the Art Institute of Chicago.[3]

References
  1. Chetney, Sara. "Arthur Millier Archive". Online Archive of California. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Arthur Millier". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. "Arthur Millier". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  4. "Arthur Millier, Artist, Ex-Times Critic, Dies At 81". Los Angeles Times. March 31, 1975. p. 37. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Arthur Millier Dies; Noted Critic, Artist". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. April 2, 1975. p. 24. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Arthur Millier". Dallas Museum of Art. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  7. "Arthur Millier". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  8. "Arthur Millier". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved July 3, 2020.


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