Arthur Millier (1893 – March 30, 1975) was a British-born American painter, etcher, printmaker, and art critic. He was the art critic for the ''

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'' from 1926 to 1958. His work is in the permanent collections of many museums in the United States.

Life

Millier was born in 1893 in

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, England. He emigrated to the United States and settled in Los Angeles in 1908. He was educated at the

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and the

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. After serving in

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in France, he attended the

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. Millier became an etcher, printmaker and painter in San Francisco, exhibiting his work as early as 1922. He taught at the

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, the

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, and the

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from 1922 to 1926. One of his notable students was Mildred Bryant Brooks. He was the art critic for the ''

'' from 1926 to 1958. He subsequently resumed painting watercolors in

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, and he received the Humanities Award from the

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in 1973. Millier married Sarah Pritchard. They had two sons, Arthur and David, and a daughter, Mrs John Hallock. Millier died on March 30, 1975, in

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, at age 81, and he was buried in the Pritchard Cemetery in

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. His work is in the permanent collections of the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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References

1893 births 1975 deaths British emigrants to the United States People from Weston-super-Mare Artists from Los Angeles People from San Luis Obispo, California Los Angeles Times people Painters from California American etchers American printmakers American watercolorists American art critics 20th-century American painters San Francisco Art Institute alumni Los Angeles High School alumni Art Students League of Los Angeles people American military personnel of World War I Military personnel from Somerset {{US-painter-1890s-stub