John Millard [also known as Jack Millard] was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England on 12 January 1874. He was awarded scholarships to study at Warrington Art School and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Following his return to England he established a sculpture studio in Wigan where he "is doing excellent work in a quiet unostentatious way" ['The Studio' October 1906 (p.60)]. He later moved to Manchester where from c.1918 [or c.1913 - sources differ] to c.1936 he taught sculpture at Manchester School of Art. Millard exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1901; Manchester City Art Gallery in 1907, 1908, 1924, 1926, 1934 and 1935; and at the Royal Academy in London between 1907-10. Among his commissions were a series of ornamental spandrels for the new Municipal Fire Station in the City of Manchester in c.
A photograph of a bust by Millard of his brother is illustrated in The Studio' October 1906 (p.59).
Millard was a member of the Manchester Academy from 1919. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (ARBS) in 1923.
Millard's address was given as 29 Egerton Road, Witherington, Manchester in 1907) and 18 Brownsville Road, Heaton Moore, Stockport, Lancashire in 1924 and 1939. He died in 1957. His death was registered in Stockport, Cheshire.
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