Hilary Margaret Miller
Born1919
London, England
Died1993 (aged 73–74)
Oxfordshire. England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known forPainting, illustration
SpouseHubert Hennes

Hilary Margaret Miller later Hilary Hennes (1919–1993) was a British artist and illustrator.

Biography

Miller was born in London, where her father was a curator at the South London Art Gallery.[1] She attended Blackheath High School and, from 1936 to 1940, studied at the Blackheath School of Art and then for a further three years at the Royal College of Art.[2] After graduating, Miller taught at the South East Sussex Technical College and in 1946 married the artist Hubert Hennes.[1] The couple set up home in Oxford, where they both held teaching posts at the Oxford School of Art.[2] Between 1948 and 1967 Miller frequently exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London and also illustrated a number of books on gardening and natural history, such as The Living World and Boff's Book of Gardening.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
  2. 1 2 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.