![]() ![]() Peterson, Charles L.Adrian Piper, It's Just Art, Artists Space, April 29, 1981. Miller, Gerhard CF (1903-2003) Collection Pieces Lichtner, Schomer (1905- ) Collection Piece Grotenrath, Ruth (1912-1988) Collection Piece (1941- ) Collection PieceĪustin, Phil (1910-2004) Collection Pieceīentley, Lester (1908-1972) Collection PieceĬolescott, Warrington (1921- ) Collection Piece The permanent collection consists of 617 pieces that represent 198 artists.Īnderson, Daniel B. The Miller Art Museum collects the work of exceptional Wisconsin artists from early 20th century to the present in painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography, and exhibits these works on a rotating basis on the Ruth Morton Miller mezzanine. In the last several years of his life, Gerhard published several small paperbacks: Spiritual Guide to the Scientific 21st Century, Levels-Physical, Mental and Spiritual, Philosophical Truisms, Highlights of the Holy Land, God is in Control, and Highlights of the Travels of an Artist and His Wife. ![]() Ruth Miller published a loving biography of Miller in 1987 and they co-authored two more: The Other Side of the Door and The Thrill of Castle Hunting. In 1975, along with his wife, Ruth, he founded the Miller Art Center in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, (now the Miller Art Museum) where over 100 of his works are housed and exhibited on a rotating basis. He was a member of the prestigious American Watercolor Society, Audubon Society (since 1949), the Wisconsin Watercolor Society, and Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Humanities by the Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Miller was a regular exhibitor and recipient of awards in national watercolor exhibits since the early 1950’s: Certificate of Merit from the Whitney and Museum of Modern Art, New York (1962). He also served as a juror for many competitive art exhibits in the Midwest. Because the community offered little art education for local residents, he taught evening classes at the Sturgeon Bay branch of the DC Libraries, The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay, and summer classes in Ephraim and Fish Creek for the Peninsula Arts Association. He also lectured on art to various groups in Wisconsin. In 1944, Miller published a book of his poetry, Residue (out of print). Some of his travels included trips to Central America, Africa, India and Europe, where he did extensive study and large body of work of castles. Since the late 1940’s, his travels to foreign lands (44 in total) provided him with a new and rich variety of subject matter and inspiration. His art celebrates the current and past beauty of his beloved Door County, the major theme of his imaginative realism. Ever since, egg tempera has been the medium of choice for his large paintings, though he continued work in drawing and watercolor for smaller works. A fellowship in 1965 at the Huntington-Hartford Foundation in Pacific Palisades, California, provided Miller the opportunity to begin experimenting with the egg tempera medium. By 1958, interest in his work had grown to such a level he opened a gallery at his home. ![]() Miller’s first color medium was oil, but in 1938 he felt his ability had progressed to the point he could take on the more challenging watercolor medium. Despite business demands and pressures, Gerhard’s interest in painting continued to grow. After studying business administration at the University of Wisconsin, he entered the family retail clothing business in Sturgeon Bay. Occasionally he was tutored and critiqued by artist, Roy Mason of Batavia New York. He studied art independently by constantly painting, studying art books, and visiting museums. His interest in painting began at the age of twelve after he contracted polio a condition he largely overcame through surgery, exercise, and therapy. Gerhard Miller was born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1903. ![]()
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