Ruth Blanchard Miller, also known as Ruth Miller Kempster, Ruth Blanchard Miller Kempster (January 17, 1904 – May 21, 1978) was an American

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ist.

Biography

Miller was born to Kempster Blanchard Miller and Antha (Knowlton) Miller in

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. Her uncle was

Azariel Blanchard Miller Azariel Blanchard Miller (5 September 1878 – 13 April 1941) was an American farmer, rancher, and developer credited with founding the city of Fontana, California, in 1913. Miller Park, Miller Avenue, and Fontana A.B. Miller High School are com ...

, founder of the city of

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. Miller began her studies with a correspondence course from the

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. She continued her studies at the

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in Pasadena, California, with more classes at the

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. Miller studied sculpture, painting, and lithography at the

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. In the 1930s Miller taught art in Pasadena at the School of Fine Arts. In 1932 she won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for her painting "Struggle". Miller died on May 21, 1978, in

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, at the age of 74.

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