Archibald Elliot Haswell MILLER

Archibald Elliot Haswell MILLER RSW
known as Haswell MILLER
1887
1979

Born in Glasgow in 1887, the artist studied at the Glasgow School of Art (1906-9), and also travelled to study in Paris, Vienna, Munich (1909-10) and Berlin.

In the Summer Show of 1921, he exhibited at NAG, signing-in as Haswell-Miller.  He was assistant Professor at the Glasgow School of Art between 1910 and 1930, with a gap during the First World War. Subsequently, he was Keeper and then Deputy Director of the National Galleries of Scotland between 1930 and 1952.

Haswell Miller specialised in the painting of portraits, especially the military portraits for which he is known today, landscapes and architectural subjects. He was also a noted illustrator of books.  

media

Painter

works and access

Works include: Port Dundas, Glasgow

exhibitions

NAG Summer Show 1921 (signed as Haswell-Miller); St Ives September 1919; Arlington Gallery; GI (18); L (6); RA (5); RSA (23); RSW (26)

memberships

 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours 1924

misc further info

 

references

St Ives Times 12 Sep 1919

Hardie (2010) Artists in Newlyn & West Cornwall;

Johnson & Greutzner

NAG Sales records (See Hardie 2010)

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