Kenneth Miller

American painter Kenneth Miller was born into the social-utopian, religious Oneida community. He studied at the Art Students League in New York and the New York School of Art, where he later taught from 1911-51. He then became an influential teacher of artistic theory and technical methods. Several of his students later became very famous artists.

Miller used underpainting and glazing techniques from the old masters, which he employed in painting contemporary scenes. He himself was influenced by Art Nouveau and Symbolism and rejected all forms of modernism and mainly painted nude or semi-nude figures against blurry backgrounds, for romantic reasons. He was also commonly known for painting women in shopping scenes. Horse and Rider was painted by Miller in 1935 in oil on canvas in the size 59.7 x 49.5 cm.