Hilary Miller (artist)

Hilary Margaret Miller later Hilary Hennes (1919–1993) was a British artist and illustrator.

Hilary Margaret Miller
Born	1919 London, England
Died	1993 (aged 73–74) Oxfordshire. England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Blackheath School of Art Royal College of Art
Known for	Painting, illustration
Spouse(s)	Hubert Hennes

Biography

Miller was born in London, where her father was a curator at the South London Art Gallery.[1] She attended Blackheath High School and, from 1936 to 1940, studied at the Blackheath School of Art and then for a further three years at the Royal College of Art.[2] After graduating, Miller taught at the South East Sussex Technical College and in 1946 married the artist Hubert Hennes.[1] The couple set up home in Oxford, where they both held teaching posts at the Oxford School of Art.[2] Between 1948 and 1967 Miller frequently exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy in London and also illustrated a number of books on gardening and natural history, such as The Living World and Boff's Book of Gardening.[1]

References

1. Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978 1 911121 63 3.
2. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0 953260 95 X.