It was probably in 1909 at Giverny, France, that the American painter Richard E. Miller began to experiment with an Impressionist style. Like his friend Frederick Frieseke, he frequently used his wife as a model, and he also sometimes painted his infant daughter Elsbeth, who was born in Giverny in June 1909. Miller’s Giverny pictures were widely admired by his contemporaries for their fresh color, vigorous broken brush-work, lively and scintillating surface patterns, and decorative appeal. Indeed, Miller declared in 1912 that “Art’s mission is not literary, the telling of a story, but decorative, the conveying of a pleasant optical sensation.”

During his Giverny period, Miller favored soft pastel hues. Light pinks, greens, and blues as well as purple and brownish-gold dominate his delicate color schemes. Background areas likewise often embody subtle juxtapositions of contrasting and complementary hues. The artist frequently posed his models in luxurious gowns. Miller’s pictures are characterized by a strong sense of formal design—a reflection of the influence of Post-Impressionism. He was extremely knowledgeable about the chemistry of painting. He used this expertise to develop a strongly individual technique. His student Frederick K. Detwiller noted that he “began his pictures on absorbent cotton, very much like a watercolor. He built with thin washes of pigment and then added many impressions of high-keyed colors for finish.”

大概是1909年在法国的吉维尼，美国画家理查德·E·米勒 (Richard E. Miller) 开始尝试印象派风格。像他的朋友弗雷德里克·弗里塞克 (Frederick Frieseke) 一样，他经常把他的妻子作当做模特，他有时也画他于1909年6月出生于吉维尼的女儿埃尔斯贝特 (Elsbeth)。米勒的吉维尼画因其清新的色彩，有力而破碎的笔法，活泼而闪烁的表面图案和装饰吸引力而受到同时代人的广泛钦佩。事实上，米勒在1912年宣称：“艺术的使命不是文学，不是讲故事，而是装饰，是传递愉悦的视觉感受。”

在吉维尼时期，米勒喜欢柔和色调。浅粉色、绿色、蓝色以及紫色和棕金色主导了他精致的配色方案。同样，背景区域也经常微妙的出现对比和互补色调。这位艺术家经常让他的模特穿上奢华的礼服。米勒的绘画具有强烈的形式设计感，反映了后印象派的影响。他对绘画的化学知识非常渊博。他利用这种专业知识开发了一种非常个性化的技术。他的学生弗雷德里克·K·德特威勒 (Frederick K. Detwiller) 指出，他“开始在吸水棉上作画，很像水彩画。他先涂上薄薄的颜料，然后再涂上许多鲜明的色彩。”

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Richard E. Miller    ｜   1910/1911

布面油画•99.69*80.33cm

翻译：MeiYang

校对：Shengning Zhang

文本：DailyArt