Milton Avery

Milton Avery
1961 portrait of Avery by his wife, Sally Michel
Born(1885-03-07)March 7, 1885
DiedJanuary 3, 1965(1965-01-03) (aged 79)
New York City, US
Education
Known forColorful landscape painting
Spouse
(m. 1926)
ChildrenMarch Avery
ElectedFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Patron(s)Roy Neuberger

Milton Clark Avery (/ˈvəri/; March 7, 1885 – January 3, 1965[1]) was an American modern painter. Born in Altmar, New York, he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City. He was the husband of artist Sally Michel Avery and the father of artist March Avery.[2]

  1. ^ Haskell, B. (2003). "Avery, Milton". Grove Art Online.
  2. ^ Hobbs, Robert (1987). "Sally Michel: The Other Avery". Woman's Art Journal. 8 (2): 3–14. doi:10.2307/1358160. ISSN 0270-7993. JSTOR 1358160.