“Ralph D. Miller, Painter, 87, Dies. Ralph Davison Miller, 87 … of 2035 Laughlin Park Drive … The artist broke his hip in a fall a month ago… Miller was born Sept. 7, 1858 at Cincinnati and came to Los Angeles in 1890 to live here hereafter except for a six-year period when he resided in the art colony at Carmel. He painted actively until a year and a half ago when arthritis compelled him to put aside his brushes.

Miller began painting seriously in 1880 in Kansas City. His works, which presented largely characteristic California scenery, the mountains, deserts and the sea in its varying moods, were exhibited in galleries all over the co...