Born in Staindrop, County Durham, England, he was a portrait and landscape painter, especially appreciated for watercolor painting, which he sold through the American Art Union. Although he painted... Read full biography
Born in Staindrop, County Durham, England, he was a portrait and landscape painter, especially appreciated for watercolor painting, which he sold through the American Art Union. Although he painted in the same locations as the Hudson River School painters, he is not considered a part of that group... Read full biography
Born in Staindrop, County Durham, England, he was a portrait and landscape painter, especially appreciated for watercolor painting, which he sold through the American Art Union. Although he painted in the same locations as the Hudson River School painters, he is not considered a part of that group that strove for dramatic effect because his work is more intimate and story-telling in intent. He became an accomplished painter as a young man, taking his first art training from his father, Joseph,... Read full biography
Born in Staindrop, County Durham, England, he was a portrait and landscape painter, especially appreciated for watercolor painting, which he sold through the American Art Union. Although he painted in the same locations as the Hudson River School painters, he is not considered a part of that group that strove for dramatic effect because his work is more intimate and story-telling in intent. He became an accomplished painter as a young man, taking his first art training from his father, Joseph, an animal and landscape painter. Miller practiced by sketching the townspeople. One of these portraits attracted the attention of an unknown patron who sent Miller to London to further his studies. By 1845 he had emigrated to the United States,... Read full biography
Born in Staindrop, County Durham, England, he was a portrait and landscape painter, especially appreciated for watercolor painting, which he sold through the American Art Union. Although he painted in the same locations as the Hudson River School painters, he is not considered a part of that group that strove for dramatic effect because his work is more intimate and story-telling in intent. He became an accomplished painter as a young man, taking his first art training from his father, Joseph, an animal and landscape painter. Miller practiced by sketching the townspeople. One of these portraits attracted the attention of an unknown patron who sent Miller to London to further his studies. By 1845 he had emigrated to the United States, accompanied by a sister and two brothers. They first settled in Buffalo and within three years had permanently settled in New York City. After some... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (44)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Two Hundred Years of American Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Peters, Lisa
111 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Nineteenth Century: Rediscovering American Painters (Vose Galleries) (Exhibition catalog)
1999
Jarzombek, Nancy Allyn
40 pages (color)
Wild Impressions The Adirondacks on Paper
1995
Barnhill, Georgia B
99 pages (color)
European & American Painting Philadelphia Collection LIII (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Schwarz-Philadelphia
48 pages (color)
The Apple of America The Apple in 19th Century American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Weber, Bruce
48 pages (color)
American Watercolors From Metropolitan Museum of Art
1991
Howat, John K (foreward)
204 pages (color)
American Watercolors from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Koshkin-Youritzin, Victor
204 pages (color)
The Hudson River School An Annotated Bibliography
1991
Sullivan, Mark W
225 pages
The American Canvas/Paintings from Collection Fine Art Museum, San Fran
1989
Simpson, Marc (Mills, Saville)
254 pages (color)
Picturing America /1497-1899 2 vols /Prints, Maps and Drawings
1988
Deak, Gloria-Gilda
1,160 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Falk, Peter Hastings
472 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Schwarz-Philadelphia
30 pages
The Course of Empire: The Erie Canal and the New York Landscape, 1825-1875 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Anderson, Patricia
90 pages (color)
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
Paintings and Sculpture In the Permanent Collection
1983
Bermingham, Peter/Daphne Deeds
273 pages (color)
The Drawing of America Eyewitnesses to History
1983
Davidson, Marshall
256 pages (color)
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)
1982
Koke, Richard J
1,243 pages
American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff
213 pages
Painters of the Humble Truth American Still Life 1801-1939
1981
Gerdts, William H
292 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
American Watercolor Painting
1977
Hoopes, Donelson F
208 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay)
270 pages (color)
American Drawings In the Art Museum, Princeton University
1976
Ross, Barbara T
132 pages
American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper
1976
Stebbins, Theodore E
464 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures
1974
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy
80 pages
American Drawings & Watercolors From the Munson Williams Proctor Institote (Exhibition catalog)
1974
E B Crocker Art Gallery
28 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
American Still Life Painting
1971
Gerdts, William; Russell Burke
264 pages (color)
The American Artist Abroad (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Kennedy Galleries
75 pages (color)
American Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors, Part Two The Nineteenth Century:1825-1890, Kennedy Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Wunderlich, Rudolf (Introduction),
76 pages
History of Water Color in America
1966
Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck
160 pages (color)
200 Years of Watercolor Painting Centennial of American Watercolor Society (Exhibition catalog)
1966
Metropolitan Museum of Art
64 pages
Painting and Sculpture in New Jersey
1964
Gerdts, William H
276 pages
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
American Painting History and Interpretation
1950
Barker, Virgil
715 pages
American Watercolor and Winslow Homer (Exhibition catalog)