Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)

Professions: Historical-scenes painter; Genre Painter; Portrait painter; Landscape painter; Animal painter

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  Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)

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  Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)

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  *ALFRED JACOB MILLER (1810-1874) INDIAN CANOE signed with the artist's monogrammed initials AJM, l.r.

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  Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)

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Alfred Jacob Miller Biography

(b Baltimore, MD, 10 Jan 1810; d Baltimore, 1874). American painter. From 1831–2 he studied with the portrait painter Thomas Sully in Philadelphia, PA. In 1832 he went to France, where he studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He also visited Rome before returning to Baltimore, to open a portrait studio in 1834. Three years later Miller moved to New Orleans, LA, and was engaged by Captain William Drummond Stewart to accompany an expedition to the Rocky Mountains. The journey brought Miller into close contact with the American Indians, whose hunting and social customs he depicted in 200 watercolour sketches, and with the Far West fur trappers at their annual trading gatherings. He was one of the first artists to leave a detailed visual account of the life of the American mountain men (see WILD WEST AND FRONTIER ART). Miller’s Rocky Mountain paintings are among the most romantic images of the American West ever created. His works are often panoramic and dramatic, yet he was equally adept at depicting charming, intimate scenes. His free, vigorous painting style brings to life both the American Indian and the rugged pioneer. Such paintings as the Lost Greenhorn (1837; Cody, WY, Buffalo Bill Hist. Cent.; watercolour version, Baltimore, MD, Walters A.G.; sepia wash version, Omaha, NE, Joslyn A. Mus.) and the Trapper’s Bride (Omaha, NE, Joslyn A. Mus.) convey the drama, danger and picturesque qualities of the American West of his day.

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