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| − | '''Francis Davis Millet''' ([[November 3]], [[1846]] - [[April 15]], [[1912]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[Painting|painter]] and [[writer]] who died in the sinking of the [[RMS Titanic]] on [[April 15]], [[1912]].
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| − | Note: This biography needs to be rewritten to focus on Millet's sexual and intimate life, and how that might or might not have effected his art and writing. -- Jonathan Ned Katz, Director, OutHistory.org | + | Note: The Wikipedia biography needs to be rewritten here to focus on Millet's sexual and intimate life, and how that might or might not have effected his art and writing. -- Jonathan Ned Katz, Director, OutHistory.org |
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| − | [[Image:Portrait of Frank Millet by his contemporary, author and illustrator George Du Maurier, from Harper's New Monthly Magazine for June 1889.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Francis Millet, portrait by [[George Du Maurier]], 1889]]
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| − | Francis Davis Millet was born on [[November 3]], [[1846]] in [[Mattapoisett]], [[Massachusetts]]. At age sixteen, Millet entered the Massachusetts regiment, first as a drummer boy and then a surgical assistant (helping his father, a surgeon) in the [[American Civil War]]. He repeatedly pointed to his experience working for his father as giving him an appreciation for the vivid blood red that he repeatedly used in his early paintings. He graduated from [[Harvard]] with a Master of Arts degree. He worked as a reporter and editor for the [[Boston Courier]] and then as a correspondent for the "Advertiser" at the [[Philadelphia]] Centennial Exposition.
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| − | Millet had a studio in Rome in the early 1870s, and Venice in the mid-1870s, where he lived with [[Charles Warren Stoddard]], a well-known American travel journalist, who evidence indicates, had an active sexual interest in men. Historian Jonathan Ned Katz presents letters from Millet to Stoddard that suggest they had a romantic and intimate affair while living a bohemian life together.<ref>Jonathan Ned Katz, ''Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001).</ref>
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| − | In 1876, Millet returned to Boston to paint murals at Trinity Church in Boston with [[John LaFarge]]. He entered the [[Royal Academy of Fine Arts]] at [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]], and won a silver medal in his first year (never before done), followed by a gold medal in his second. In the [[Russo-Turkish War]] of 1877-78, he was engaged as a war correspondent by the New York ''Herald'', the London ''Daily News'', and the London ''Graphic''. He was decorated by Russia and Romania due to his bravery under fire and services to the wounded.
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| − | A well-regarded American Academic [[Realism (arts)|Realist]], Millet was close friends with [[Augustus Saint-Gaudens]] and [[Mark Twain]], both of whom were present at his 1879 marriage to Elizabeth Merrill in [[Paris]], [[France]]; Twain was his best man. He was also well acquainted with the impressionist artist [[John Singer Sargent]], who often used Millet's daughter Kate as a model, as well as the esteemed [[Huxley]] family.
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| − | Millet became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1880, and in 1885 was elected as a member of the National Academy of Design, New York and as Vice-Chairman of the Fine Arts Committee. He was made a trustee of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], and sat on the advisory committee of the [[National Gallery of Art]]. He was decorations director for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in [[Chicago]] in 1893, where he is credited with having invented the first form of spray paint. His career included work with a number of worlds' fairs, including Vienna, Chicago, Paris, and Tokyo, where he made contributions as a juror, administrator, mural painter/decorator, or adviser.<ref>Gaines, Catherine S., ''A Finding Aid to the Francis Davis Millet and Millet Family Papers, 1858-1984 (bulk 1858-1955), in the Archives of American Art.'' [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/millfran/index.cfm The Francis Davis Millet And Millet Family Papers Online], Smithsonian Archives of American Art.</ref>
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| − | Millet was among the founders of the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], and was influential in the early days of the [http://www.afaweb.org/ American Federation of Arts]. He was instrumental in obtaining the appointment of [[Emil Otto Grundmann]], an old acquaintance from his Antwerp days, as first head of the School. <ref>[http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Millet_Francis_D/Francis_D_Millet.htm John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery]</ref> Millet was involved with the [http://www.aarome.org/ American Academy in Rome] from its inception and served as Secretary from 1904-1911. He died aboard the Titanic while traveling to New York City on Academy business.<ref>Gaines, Catherine S., ''A Finding Aid to the Francis Davis Millet and Millet Family Papers, 1858-1984 (bulk 1858-1955), in the Archives of American Art.'' [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/millfran/index.cfm The Francis Davis Millet And Millet Family Papers Online], Smithsonian Archives of American Art.</ref>
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| − | Millet was a writer and journalist as well as an artist. He translated [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and also wrote essays and short stories. Among his publications are ''Capillary Crime and Other Stories'' (1892) and ''Expedition to the Philippines'' (1899). He was elected a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] and was also an honorary member of the [[American Institute of Architects]].
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| − | On [[April 10]], [[1912]], Millet boarded the [[R.M.S. Titanic]] at [[Cherbourg]], [[France]] bound for [[New York City, New York|New York City]]. He was last seen helping women and children into lifeboats. His body was recovered after the sinking by the cable boat [[Mackay-Bennett]] and returned to [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts]] where he was buried in Central Cemetery.
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| − | In 1913 a fountain was erected in [[Washington, D.C.]] in memory of Millet and his friend [[Archibald Butt|Archibald W. Butt]].
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| | * Beckwith, Baxter, Maynard, [[Edwin Howland Blashfield|Blashfield]], and Coffin, ''Art and Progress'', volume iii (Washington, 1912) | | * Beckwith, Baxter, Maynard, [[Edwin Howland Blashfield|Blashfield]], and Coffin, ''Art and Progress'', volume iii (Washington, 1912) |
| | * Katz, Jonathan Ned. Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Chapter 14, "Empty Chair, Empty Bed, Empty House," pages 202-219. | | * Katz, Jonathan Ned. Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Chapter 14, "Empty Chair, Empty Bed, Empty House," pages 202-219. |
| | * Sharpey-Schafer, Joyce Anne: "Soldier of Fortune: F.D. Millet" (printed privately; now out of print) | | * Sharpey-Schafer, Joyce Anne: "Soldier of Fortune: F.D. Millet" (printed privately; now out of print) |
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Note: The Wikipedia biography needs to be rewritten here to focus on Millet's sexual and intimate life, and how that might or might not have effected his art and writing. -- Jonathan Ned Katz, Director, OutHistory.org
Bibliography
- Beckwith, Baxter, Maynard, Blashfield, and Coffin, Art and Progress, volume iii (Washington, 1912)
- Katz, Jonathan Ned. Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. Chapter 14, "Empty Chair, Empty Bed, Empty House," pages 202-219.
- Sharpey-Schafer, Joyce Anne: "Soldier of Fortune: F.D. Millet" (printed privately; now out of print)
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