Mildred McMillen

Mildred McMillen (1884–1940) was an American printmaker.

The Attic Window, woodcut (1920)

McMillen was a native of Chicago who studied at the School of the Art Institute in that city[1] from 1906 until 1913. There, she and her long-time companion Ada Gilmore first met.[2] She and Gilmore spent time in France, studying with Ethel Mars and later at the Académie Colarossi, before the outbreak of World War I drove them back to the United States.[3] Another teacher was Charles Hawthorne.[4] In 1914 she and Gilmore settled in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where they became founding members of the Provincetown Printers.[1] Notably, her prints are large in scale and black and white, unusual for members of the group.[5] Several works by McMillen are owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[6] and she is represented as well in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[7]

References
  1. "Julie Heller Gallery". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. Krahulik, Karen Christel (2007). Provincetown: From Pilgrim Landing to Gay Resort. NYU Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780814747629.
  3. Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  4. "Mildred McMillen, Cape End Artist Depicted History-In-Making – Provincetown History Preservation Project". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  5. "Mary Ryan Gallery: Artists: Mildred McMillen". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. "Artworks Search Results / American Art". Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. "Mildred McMillen". Retrieved 21 February 2017.


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