The Kansas City Spirit: Stories of Service Above Self
2012Mathews, Bruce; Mamie Hughes, Andrew Kaplan, Lynn Mackle, Carol Powers
244 pages (color)
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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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Return to the Heartland: Rediscovering George Van Millett
2011Mackle, Lynn140 pages (color)Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
2006Craig, Susan (Compiler)0 pagesThe Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesArt Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesOfficial Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
1904
(Exhibition catalog)Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor)281 pages