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Edward Millman

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Edward Millman (1907 - 1964) was active/lived in Illinois, New York.  Edward Millman is known for Depression-era genre murals, lithography.

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 A muralist, painter, lithographer, illustrator and teacher active in Chicago, New York City and Woodstock, New York, Edward Millman was well known for his Depression era murals for the WPA, Works Progress Administration.  From 1935 to 1936, he was State Director of Mural Projects for the Federal Art Project in Illinois. Much of his work reflected his sympathies for middle and lower-class persons struggling to earn money.  He was also the chief illustrator for the Chicago Evening American newspaper.

He studied with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in Mexico and returning to Chicago, became one of the most productive WPA artists in Illinois.  He received numerous mural commissions including for the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933; for post offices in Moline and Decatur, Illinois; the Chicago Bureau of Water; for the Chicago public schools; and for the main post office in St. Louis.  For the St. Louis project, he received $29,0   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5969 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Edward Millman


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Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Aviation, Airplanes, Aeronautics, Space Exploration
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
  • Social Realism
  • War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
  • Japan
  • Mexico and/or Central America
  • Woodstock, New York
Art Association
  • Chicago Society of Artists
  • Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
  • Diego Rivera
  • Leon Kroll
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Teacher
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
  • Mural Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
  • Woodstock Art Colony
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Chicago Society of Artists-
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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