About George Van Millett

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George Millett
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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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