Description: ARTHUR MILLIER (1893-1975). ORIGINAL GRAPHITE DRAWING. Near Solvang, Sheet size: 10-1/2" x 13-3/4" (matted size: 16" x 20"). Signed/titled in pencil: Arthur Millier Near Solvang. The drawing is taped inside the mat at upper left and upper right corners. Arthur Henry Thomas Millier was born in Somerset, England on Oct. 19, 1893. Millier immigrated to California in 1908 and, after graduating from Los Angeles High School, studied at the local Art Student League. His art pursuits were interrupted by WWI in which he served in France with the First Canadian Pioneers and was wounded at the Battle of the Somme.Following the war he lived in San Francisco where he attended the California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco) and etched a series of street scenes. Upon returning to Los Angeles in 1922, he taught part time at the Chouinard School, Otis Art Institute, USC, and Pasadena Art Institute.Millier's art output was minimal after becoming an art critic for the Los Angeles Times in 1926. His last three years were spent in Hackensack, NJ where he died on March 30, 1975.Member: Chicago and Calif. Societies of Etchers; Calif. Art Club; Calif. Printmakers.Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1920, 1924; Calif. Society of Etchers, Stanford Univ., 1922 (award), 1928; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1928; LA Co. Fair, 1931 (1st prize); Calif. WC Society, 1933; LA Municipal Art Gallery, 1972 (solo).Works Held: Art Institute of Chicago; Orange Co. (CA) Museum; National Museum of American Art (Washington D.C.); Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Library of Congress; Dallas Museum; LA Public Library.Source: Askart; Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Americn Art Annual 1929-32; Artist of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Who's Who in American Art 1936-41; Who's Who in California 1942; Who's Who on the Pacific Coast 1949; So. Calif. Artists 1890-1940; NY Times, 4-1-1975 (obit).
Price: 144.3 USD
Location: Palmdale, California
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Artist: ARTHUR MILLIER
Type: Drawing
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Theme: Art
Style: Impressionism
Material: Paper
Subject: Landscape
