Edgar Miller

Anti-Modern, 1917–1967

Marin R. Sullivan, Zac Bleicher, Craig Lee , Jenn Marshall

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DePaul University Art Museum
28 January 2025

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Individual artists, art monographs

A survey of the work of one of Chicago's most prolific artists.

Edgar Miller (1899–1993) arrived in Chicago in 1917 and, over the next fifty years, established a successful career as a multi-hyphenate creative practitioner. He worked as an architect, artist, craftsperson, curator, designer, and illustrator during a particularly rich period that saw the ascendancy of modernism across the visual culture of the city. Though aware of contemporary developments and debates, Miller's tremendous body of work, which spanned multiple media, materials, and disciplines, speaks to an individual unconcerned with trends, labels, or what became the established tenets of modern art. While developing a signature style, he never embraced the aesthetics of geometric abstraction, ""art for art's sake,"" subjective expressionism, or the machine age. He instead remained committed to figurative storytelling and representing the natural world, creating work that was intended to be experienced across the built environment.

Published in conjunction with DePaul Art Museum's 2024 retrospective of Miller's work, Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917–1967 features new research by scholars Marin R. Sullivan, Craig Lee, and Jenn Marshall that serves to highlight one of Chicago's most prolific and under-appreciated artists.

Foreword by: Zac Bleicher
Memoir by: Craig Lee, Jenn Marshall, Marin R. Sullivan
Edited by: Marin R. Sullivan
Imprint: DePaul University Art Museum
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9781737760924
ISBN 10: 1737760924
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 28 January 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Director’s Foreword Laura-Caroline de Lara Preface Zac Bleicher Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern, 1917–1967 Marin R. Sullivan Chronology 1899–1926 A Conclave of Design and a Church in Tulsa Craig Lee Chronology 1927–1937 Rich: Edgar Miller’s Designs for Dining Jennifer Jane Marshall Chronology 1938–1993 Selected Exhibition History Selected Bibliography Exhibition Checklist Contributor Bios

Marin R. Sullivan is a Chicago-based art historian, curator, consultant, educator, and writer. Sullivan is the author of Alloys: American Sculpture and Architecture at Midcentury and Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism. She is also director of the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné and lecturer and guest curator at DePaul University.