Richard Kidwell Miller
Exhibit in the Davis Family Galleries

West Virginia and Regional History Collection
June 19, 2004

Born in Fairmont during the Great Depression, Richard Kidwell Miller displayed artistic talent at a young age and earned early release from grade school each day to study at a local WPA arts center. His first solo exhibition occurred when he was just 16. When his family relocated in Washington , DC , he quickly achieved recognition as one of the area's most promising young painters.

After graduating from American University and Columbia in the early 1960s, Miller emerged as a prominent member of the New York Abstract Expressionist School , exhibiting alongside Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and others.

His work is represented today in museums including the Phillips Collection and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington , DC . He was honored earlier this year as recipient of the National Academy School and Museum of Fine Art ’s Adolf and Clara Obrig Prize.