Richard Miller, born in St. Louis, Missouri, became a well known plein-air and American Impressionist painter in France during the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.

The Artist’s Wife, c. 1910-13 depicts a woman in a garden holding a baby. The broad, thick brushstrokes and color combinations of blue, purple, white, yellow, and green correspond with the compositional elements of American Impressionism. Distinct details of execution have been replaced by the emotional and sketch-like qualities and the movement of color and the handling of paint.