Francis Davis Millet (1846 - 1912) American

Watercolor on Paper
Measure 11"in H x 4 1/4"in W and 16 3/4"in H x 9 1/2"in W with frame
Known for: Genre-interiors, figure and portrait painting
Biography: American artist, was born at Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, on the 3rd of November 1846. He was a drummer boy with the Union forces in the Civil War; graduated from Harvard College in 1869; and in 1871 entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, where he studied under Van Lerius and De Keyser. In 1880 he became a member of the Society of American Artists, and in 1885 was elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design, New York, and was for one term its vice-president; he became a member also of the American Water Color Society and of the Institute of Painters in Oil Colors, London. He also wrote essays and short stories, and an English version of Tolstoy`s Sebastopol (1887); and among his publications are The Danube (1891), Capillary Crime and other Stories (1892), and Expedition to the Philippines (1899). Francis Millet was the host of a small group of artists, including Americans, who congregated in Broadway at the end of the 19th Century. Francis Davis Millet lived at both Farnham House and Russell House. The group included John Singer Sargent whose painting `Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose` was painted in Broadway. Francis Davis Millet was lost on the Titanic in 1912.

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