Ruth Miller

• Name — Ruth Miller • Other Names — Ruth Miller Kempster, Ruth Blanchard Miller Kempster • Birth Name — Ruth Blanchard Miller • Born — 17 January 1904 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 21 May 1978 • Place of death — Santa Barbara, California U.S. • Education — Kansas City Art Institute, Stickney Memorial Art School, Otis Art Institute, Art Students League of New York • Known for — Painting

Miller was born to Kempster Blanchard Miller and Antha (Knowlton) Miller in Chicago, Illinois. Her uncle was Azariel Blanchard Miller, founder of the city of Fontana, California. Miller began her studies with a correspondence course from the Kansas City Art Institute. She continued her studies at the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena, California, with more classes at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. Miller studied sculpture, painting, and lithography at the Art Students League of New York. In the 1930s Miller taught art in Pasadena at the School of Fine Arts. In 1932 she won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for her painting "Struggle". Miller died on May 21, 1978, in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 74.