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Museums page for Alfred Jacob Miller ((1810 - 1874)), known for Trapper-Indian genre, portrait, mountain landscapes. Showing 31 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1810 Baltimore, Maryland - 1874 Baltimore, Maryland. Known for: Trapper-Indian genre, portrait, mountain landscapes.
Alfred Jacob Miller became the first American artist of consequence to paint the Rocky Mountains and was the only artist to chronicle figures of the legendary fur trade during its height. Although he... Read full biography
Alfred Jacob Miller became the first American artist of consequence to paint the Rocky Mountains and was the only artist to chronicle figures of the legendary fur trade during its height. Although he portrayed Indian subjects, he was not especially interesting in realistic depictions but... Read full biography
Alfred Jacob Miller became the first American artist of consequence to paint the Rocky Mountains and was the only artist to chronicle figures of the legendary fur trade during its height. Although he portrayed Indian subjects, he was not especially interesting in realistic depictions but romanticized his subjects, comparing the Indians of the West to Greek sculpture figures. He was encouraged to draw by his parents, and had local training in Baltimore and studied portraiture in Philadelphia... Read full biography
Alfred Jacob Miller became the first American artist of consequence to paint the Rocky Mountains and was the only artist to chronicle figures of the legendary fur trade during its height. Although he portrayed Indian subjects, he was not especially interesting in realistic depictions but romanticized his subjects, comparing the Indians of the West to Greek sculpture figures. He was encouraged to draw by his parents, and had local training in Baltimore and studied portraiture in Philadelphia from 1831 to 1832 with Thomas Sully. He studied in France from 1833 to 1834 and Italy at the English Life School in Rome. Returning to Baltimore, he opened a studio, but it was not successful. In 1836, he established a studio in New Orleans where he met... Read full biography
Alfred Jacob Miller became the first American artist of consequence to paint the Rocky Mountains and was the only artist to chronicle figures of the legendary fur trade during its height. Although he portrayed Indian subjects, he was not especially interesting in realistic depictions but romanticized his subjects, comparing the Indians of the West to Greek sculpture figures. He was encouraged to draw by his parents, and had local training in Baltimore and studied portraiture in Philadelphia from 1831 to 1832 with Thomas Sully. He studied in France from 1833 to 1834 and Italy at the English Life School in Rome. Returning to Baltimore, he opened a studio, but it was not successful. In 1836, he established a studio in New Orleans where he met Captain William Drummond Stewart, a Scottish aristocrat and British Army officer, who engaged Miller to a... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (31)
All MuseumsAmon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695C.M. Russell Museum
400 13th Street North
Great Falls, MT 59401Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians-Western Art
500 West Washington
Indianapolis, IN 46204Fogg Art Museum: Harvard University Art Museums
Harvard University
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138Helmerich Cntr. for American Research, Gilcrease Museum,Univ. of Tulsa
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127-2100Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68102Maryland Historical Society
201 West Monument Street
Balti.Orgmore, MD 21201-4674Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Museum of Art at Brigham Young University
North Campus Drive
Box 23300
Provo, UT 84602-1400Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue
Kearney, NE 68847New Mexico Museum of Art
113 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87501New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Sheldon Museum of Art
12th &Amp; R Streets
Lincoln, NE 68588-0300Stark Museum of Art
712 Green Avenue
Orange, TX 77630The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum
225 Holliday Street
Baltimore, MD 21202The Philbrook Museum of Art
2727 South Rockford Road
P.O. Box 52510
Tulsa, OK 74152-0510The Rockwell Museum
111 Cedar Street
Corning, NY 14830-2694The Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-5185University of Maryland Global Campus Arts Program
3501 University Boulevard East
Adelphi, MD 20783Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of the West
3830 N. Marshall Way
Scottsdale, AZ 85251Woolaroc Museum
The Frank Phillips Foundation Inc.
1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road
Bartlesville, OK 74003Worcester Art Museum
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609-3196Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271