Lilian May Miller (1895 - 1943) Japan
Mixed Media
Measure 8"in H x 6"in W and 13"in H x 10"in W with frame

Known for: Oriental motif, printmaking
Biography: Lilian May Miller was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 20, 1895, the daughter of the U.S. Consul General. Lillian was educated at the American School in Tokyo and at Vassar College. She began art training at age nine under the court painter to the Emperor and exhibited in the Imperial Salon at age 12. She authored and illustrated a book of poetry entitled, Grass Blades From a Cinnamon Garden. Inspired by her friend Helen Hyde, after 1920 she specialized in making woodblock prints in the Japanese manner which she exhibited in leading cities of the U.S. During the 1930s she lectured on block printing and demonstrated at the California Art Club. Arriving in San Francisco in 1938, she lived there until cancer ended her life on Jan. 11, 1943.

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