5. Addison Thomas Millar, American, 1860-1913

"Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass".
Watercolor, matted and framed.
Signed and titled in ink lower left. 9" x 5 1/2" image size.

Millar was born in Warren, Ohio. He received his first artistic training in Cleveland under De Scott Evans and moved on to New York to the Art Students League and the Shinnecock School where he studied with William Merritt Chase. He became an artist of international reputation after study abroad with Benjamin Constant, the Neo-Impressionist Henry Martin, and Boldini. He exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design, the Society of American Artists in New York, as well as in Boston and Philadelphia.

Provenance: Collection of Harry L. Jackson.

Exhibited: Kentucky Museum, "Collector's Choice - The Harry L. Jackson Collection," July 4 - October 31, 1980.

1000/2000     SOLD: $3,795.00

Condition: glass missing, small line dented though not abraded in upper left corner of sky, possibly from removal of glass, paper discolored, acidic matting covers only about 1/8" of paper edge. Paper is firmly glued at all four corners only, onto a 2-ply backing paper.