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Alfred Jacob Miller

American, 1810–1874

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Romantic Painting in America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943–1944

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Why this artist matters now

Alfred Jacob Miller was a 19th-century American painter and documentarian of the American West. Working primarily in watercolor and oil, he created detailed records of Native American life, frontier settlements, and landscapes during the 1830s and 1840s, often from firsthand observation during expeditions into unexplored territories. His work serves as a visual archive of pre-industrial Western culture and the material conditions of early American expansion. Miller's studies combine ethnographic precision with romantic landscape composition, balancing documentary intent with aesthetic refinement.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Smithsonian American Art MuseumWashington, D.C.National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C.

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Artworks (23)

War Ground

1863 · oil paint

Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County

1860 · oil on academy board

overall: 28.7 × 39.4 cm (11 5/16 × 15 1/2 in.) framed: 38.1 × 48.3 × 2.5 cm (15 × 19 × 1 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Indian Girls Swinging

1860 · pen and ink and watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard

sheet and mount: 10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Shoshonee Indian Smoking

1860 · pen and ink and watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard

sheet: 8 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (21.3 x 19.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Scalp-Lock

1859 · paper

"Bourgeois" W---r, and His Squaw

1858 · paper

"Big Bowl" (A Crow Chief)

1858 · paper

Where the Clouds Love to Rest

1850 · oil paint

The Lake Her Lone Bosom Expands to the Sky

1850 · oil paint

The Scalplock

1850 · oil paint

Shoshone Indians at a Mountain Lake (Lake Fremont)

1850 · oil paint

Self-Portrait

1850 · oil paint

Portrait of Mrs. Decatur Howard Miller (Eliza Credilla Hare)

1850 · oil paint

George Washington at Mount Vernon

Interior of Fort Laramie

1837

Far o'er the Deep Blue Sea

1834 · lithograph on paper (sheet music cover)

sheet: 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Copy of Titian's "Allegory of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto"

1833 · oil paint

Portrait of Lydia Lloyd Murray

1833 · oil paint

Portrait of Colonel Alexander Smith (1790-1858)

1833 · oil paint

An Indian With the Scalp Lock of His Enemy

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23 published of 23 catalogued · 23 with image

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Portrait of Lydia Lloyd Murray
1833 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Portrait of Colonel Alexander Smith (1790-1858)
1833 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Portrait of Antoine
1840 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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"Big Bowl" (A Crow Chief)
1858 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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"Bourgeois" W---r, and His Squaw
1858 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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George Washington at Mount Vernon
1850 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Copy of Titian's "Allegory of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto"
1833 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Buffalo Hunt
1839 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Shoshone Indians at a Mountain Lake (Lake Fremont)
1850 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Scalplock
1850 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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Group Exhibition Romantic Painting in America

New York · 1943