Edgar Miller | |
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Born | James Edgar Miller December 17, 1899 Idaho Falls, Idaho, US |
Died | June 1, 1993 Chicago, Illinois, US | (aged 93)
Education | Art Institute of Chicago |
James Edgar Miller (1899–1993) was an American designer, painter, craftsman, master woodcarver and one of the nation's foremost stained-glass designers. He could sculpt and draw, and he was considered a pioneer in the use of graphic art in advertising. In the 1920s, he was called "the blond boy Michelangelo"; in the 1930s, "a new luminary" by Architecture Magazine; in the 1940s, "one of the most versatile artists in America." By the 1950s, he was the go-to guy for some of the nation's most successful industrial designers.