“Mildred Bunting Miller was born in Philadelphia, PA on June 21, 1892.” (1)
“Miller...attended Lafayette College, John Hopkins University, and the University of Maryland. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1910-15) and studied with Thomas Anshutz, Hugh Breckenridge, Daniel Garber, and Violet Oakley.” (2)
“[She] was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship twice from the Academy in 1914 and 1921. She also studied at the Art Students League summer school in Woodstock in 1913.” (3)
“Miller was also a resident artist, instructor and co-director at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Art's summer school in Chester Springs, where she taught alongside Henry McCarter.” (2)
“Following nearly twenty years of service at the Academy, Miller taught private painting classes in Cape May and Birington, New Jersey, before moving permanently to California where she was an instructor in the state adult education program (1945-58). She would live out her life on a small fruit ranch in Valley Center, California.” (3)
“Miller has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Phillips Memorial, National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and many other locations in California and the Midwest.” (2)
“Miller painted in oil, watercolor, and gouache. She employed a broken brush stroke technique using repetitive strokes and a slightly varied palette giving her backgrounds an interesting mottled effect. She was also masterful in her handling of light and often her later works appear quite similar to those of Edward Hopper. Whether it be a landscape, still life, figurative work, or interior scene, Miller's paintings possess a pleasing sense of clarity and color. Married sometime in the mid-teens, her earlier work bears her maiden name of Mildred Stern.” (3)
“[She] died in San Diego, September 11, 1964.” (4)
Reference
1. Askart Staff. Mildred Bunting Miller (1892-1964) [internet]. Askart [cited 2020 Jan 22]. Available from: https://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Mildred_Bunting_Miller/110544/Mildred_Bunting_Miller.aspx
2. Woodmere Art Museum Staff. Mildred Bunting Miller [internet]. Philadelphia, PA: Woodmere Art Museum [cited 2020 Jan 22]. Available from: https://woodmereartmuseum.org/explore-online/collection/artist/mildred-bunting-miller
3. H L Chalfant Staff. Mildred Bunting Miller [internet]. West Chester, PA: American Fine Art & Antiques; 1993 [cited 2020 Jan 22]. Available from: http://www.hlchalfant.com/artists/mildred-bunting-miller
4. Roughton Galleries Staff. Mildred Bunting Miller [internet]. Dallas, TX: Roughton Galleries [cited 2020 Jan 22]. Available from: http://www.roughtongalleries.com/Mildred-Miller.htm