MILNER, Nicholas

1958 - ?

Nicholas Paul Milner was born in London in September 1958, son of Henry Stuart Milner and his wife Gillian Patricia née Rance, who married in London the previous year. Nick studied art at school with former Slade teacher Ronald Smoothey (1913-1996) and after graduating, was offered a deferred place at the Royal College of Art but decided to study at the Nottingham University where he completed a PhD. He married at Arnold, Nottingham in 1987, Sarah Margaret Knowles and they came to Ipswich where their three children were born. Since resuming painting his best-known works are a twist on Vermeer’s 'A Maid Asleep' (2006) and a modern version of Gainsborough’s portrait of the Ipswich MP, William Wollaston 'A Likeness of the Darkness' which was acquired by Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich in 2007. As a painter he sometimes uses the oil glazing techniques of the Masters, painting Suffolk landscapes, people and sometimes people in landscapes. A Member of the Ipswich Art Society, he exhibited two paintings, an oil 'The Missing Man Returns' and a watercolour 'Back to Front' at the 2006 Annual Exhibition.

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Works by This Artist