Francis Davis Millet
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After studying at Antwerp\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Royal Academy of Fine Arts (1871\u00e2\u0080\u009373), Millet completed several major mural projects, contributed to four world\u00e2\u0080\u0099s fairs, and was the center of an expatriate American artists\u00e2\u0080\u0099 colony in England."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Millet served as a war correspondent for newspapers in New York and London during the Russo Turkish War (1877\u00e2\u0080\u009378) and the Spanish American War (1898). This portrait, painted in Paris by his friend George Willoughby Maynard, shows Millet wearing Russian and Romanian medals awarded for bravery under fire."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "In 1912, while serving as director of the American Academy in Rome, Millet set sail for New York and was among the approximately 1,500 passengers who perished on the Titanic when the ship sank. He is honored by a memorial fountain on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Mattapoisett, Massachusetts"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Con un esp\u00c3\u00adritu viajero innato, Francis Davis Millet visit\u00c3\u00b3 muchos lugares a lo largo de su variada carrera como corresponsal de prensa en el extranjero, pintor y administrador de las artes. Educado en la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Amberes (1871\u00e2\u0080\u009373), realiz\u00c3\u00b3 proyectos murales importantes, particip\u00c3\u00b3 en cuatro ferias mundiales y fue figura central de una colonia de artistas estadounidenses expatriados en Inglaterra."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Millet fue corresponsal de peri\u00c3\u00b3dicos de Nueva York y Londres durante la Guerra Ruso-Turca (1877\u00e2\u0080\u0093 78) y la Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense (1898). En este retrato pintado en Par\u00c3\u00ads por su amigo George Willoughby Maynard aparece con sus medallas rusas y rumanas por valent\u00c3\u00ada en el campo de batalla."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "En 1912, siendo director de la Academia Americana en Roma, Millet tom\u00c3\u00b3 el barco Titanic hacia Nueva York y pereci\u00c3\u00b3 junto a unos 1,500 pasajeros al hundirse la nave. En el parque de la Elipse, en Washington D.C., se le rinde homenaje con una fuente conmemorativa."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "John A. P. Millet, son of the sitter; bequest to NPG 1977"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Dr. John A. P. 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