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Miller Brittain (Miller Gore Brittain) was born on 12 November, 1912 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, is an A 20th-century canadian male artist. Discover Miller Brittain's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 12 November 1912
Birthday 12 November
Birthplace Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Date of death 1968
Died Place Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1912

Miller Gore Brittain (November 12, 1912 – January 21, 1968) was a Canadian artist from Saint John, New Brunswick.

Brittain was born and raised in Saint John.

He studied art with Elizabeth Russell Holt in Saint John and under Harry Wickey in New York City.

1930

During the 1930s, he joined the Oxford Group, a Christian organization.

After studying in New York, Brittain felt he didn't have to leave the region to make a career as an artist.

However, at the time Saint John was still recovering from three major fires and was in the middle of the Depression.

As a young man he worked as a draftsman and worked on the docks while working on his craft amongst a thriving arts community including Ruth Starr, Ted Campbell, Fred Ross and Jack Humphrey.

1932

In 1932, after living in New York, he returned to Saint John, where he worked at clerical and construction jobs and opened an art studio on the waterfront.

During this period, he captured realistic scenes of everyday life in the city which incorporated social commentary.

1940

In the early 1940s, Brittain joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and was posted to the 78th Squadron of the R.A.F. Bomber Command, as a bomb-aimer.

1941

He was a founding member of the Federation of Canadian Artists in 1941.

1944

He was commissioned in November 1944 and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

1945

In 1945, he was appointed an Official Second World War artist.

1946

One of his works, Night Target, Germany (1946), depicts a bombing raid over Germany.

After the war, his paintings took on a more surreal aspect, taking as their subject biblical topics, abstract figures, nudes and flowers.

1947

In 1947, Brittain won a prize from the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the next year he held two one-person shows at St. John in the New Brunswick Museum and in Dayton, Ohio, at the Dayton Museum.

1949

In January 1949, his first major exhibit was held at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John.

The exhibition was so popular he went on to do a series of solo shows in New York.

Brittain was an icon of the Saint John arts community and presence is still felt in the city's arts scene today.

The popular Britt's Pub, named for the artist, is on the ground floor of his studio at 42 Princess St.

Brittain is considered one of Canada's most prolific painters.

His work broke from the style current at the time of the Group of Seven when landscapes dominated Canada's art scene.

Brittain focused on working class life in his hometown of Saint John with his signature style of social realism.

1951

He married Connie Starr in 1951; he was devastated by her death from cancer seven years later and was treated several times for alcoholism in his later life.

1968

He died of a stroke in 1968 at the age of 55.

In 1968, Brittain was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal posthumously for his contribution to Canadian art.

1981

The National Film Board of Canada produced a film based on his life in 1981.

1982

The film was awarded Best Overall Entry at the Atlantic Film Festival in 1982.

In January 2022 his 1964 painting Figures on a Beach sold for $330,000 CAD in an online auction held by Liz Isaac & Citadel Gallery Auctions owned by Mario Brideau and Liz Isaac of Saint John.

This was a record sale price for an oil painting by Brittain.

The work was part of the estate of Brittain's daughter Jennifer.

1983

In 1983, 11 cartoon works done by Brittain were donated to the New Brunswick Museum by his daughter, Jennifer Brittain.

2007

Brittain's work is held in private collections and a number of art galleries in Canada including the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian War Museum and a retrospective of his work has been held at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (2007) which travelled to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.