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George Van Millett BIOGRAPHY
1864 Kansas City, Missouri - 1953 Kansas City, Missouri. Known for: Genre, portrait, town-landscape painting.
Born in Kansas City on April 5, 1864, George Van Horn Millett was named after Robert Van Horn, founder and editor of the Kansas City Journal as well as a Kansas City mayor, congressman and Civil War... Read full biography
Born in Kansas City on April 5, 1864, George Van Horn Millett was named after Robert Van Horn, founder and editor of the Kansas City Journal as well as a Kansas City mayor, congressman and Civil War militia leader. Van Horn was a patron of the artist's father, Henry Shirley Millett, who was known... Read full biography
Born in Kansas City on April 5, 1864, George Van Horn Millett was named after Robert Van Horn, founder and editor of the Kansas City Journal as well as a Kansas City mayor, congressman and Civil War militia leader. Van Horn was a patron of the artist's father, Henry Shirley Millett, who was known as "printer to the pioneers.". Millett studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, from 1886 - 1890. He later returned to Europe for a year of travel and study. He spent most of 1893 in... Read full biography
Born in Kansas City on April 5, 1864, George Van Horn Millett was named after Robert Van Horn, founder and editor of the Kansas City Journal as well as a Kansas City mayor, congressman and Civil War militia leader. Van Horn was a patron of the artist's father, Henry Shirley Millett, who was known as "printer to the pioneers.". Millett studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, from 1886 - 1890. He later returned to Europe for a year of travel and study. He spent most of 1893 in Holland, where he developed a fondness for the Dutch landscape. While a student at the Royal Academy, Millett earned a silver medal for his drawing of a seated peasant woman. George Van Horn Millett (1864-1953), who took "Van" as his first name, is often... Read full biography
Born in Kansas City on April 5, 1864, George Van Horn Millett was named after Robert Van Horn, founder and editor of the Kansas City Journal as well as a Kansas City mayor, congressman and Civil War militia leader. Van Horn was a patron of the artist's father, Henry Shirley Millett, who was known as "printer to the pioneers.". Millett studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, from 1886 - 1890. He later returned to Europe for a year of travel and study. He spent most of 1893 in Holland, where he developed a fondness for the Dutch landscape. While a student at the Royal Academy, Millett earned a silver medal for his drawing of a seated peasant woman. George Van Horn Millett (1864-1953), who took "Van" as his first name, is often referred to simply as "Van Millett." He was founder and first president of the Art Club, a... Read full biography
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Born in Kansas City on April 5, 1864, George Van Horn Millett was named after Robert Van Horn, founder and editor of the Kansas City Journal as well as a Kansas City mayor, congressman and Civil War militia leader. Van Horn was a patron of the artist's father, Henry Shirley Millett, who was known as "printer to the pioneers."
Millett studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, from 1886 - 1890. He later returned to Europe for a year of travel and study. He spent most of 1893 in Holland, where he developed a fondness for the Dutch landscape. While a student at the Royal Academy, Millett earned a silver medal for his drawing of a seated peasant woman.
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