Ruth Miller (artist)

Ruth Miller
Born	Ruth Blanchard Miller (1904-01-17)January 17, 1904 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 21, 1978(1978-05-21) (aged 74) Santa Barbara, California U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Ruth Miller Kempster, Ruth Blanchard Miller Kempster
Education	Kansas City Art Institute, Stickney Memorial Art School, Otis Art Institute, Art Students League of New York
Known for	Painting

Medal record
Art competitions
Representing United States
Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Paintings

Ruth Blanchard Miller, also known as Ruth Miller Kempster, Ruth Blanchard Miller Kempster (January 17, 1904 – May 21, 1978) was an American artist.

Biography

Miller was born to Kempster Blanchard Miller and Antha (Knowlton) Miller in Chicago, Illinois. Her uncle was Azariel Blanchard Miller, founder of the city of Fontana, California.

Miller began her studies with a correspondence course from the Kansas City Art Institute. She continued her studies at the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena, California, with more classes at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. Miller studied sculpture, painting, and lithography at the Art Students League of New York.

In the 1930s Miller taught art in Pasadena at the School of Fine Arts.

In 1932 she won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for her painting "Struggle".

Miller died on May 21, 1978, in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 74.

External links

• Ruth Blanchard Miller images askART

• The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 (PDF). Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932. 1933. pp. 748–765. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10.
• Wagner, Juergen. "Olympic Art Competition 1932". Olympic Games Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01.
• Kramer, Bernhard (May 2004). "In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 12 (2): 29–34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-04-10.