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Millar’s self portrait is a frankly austere work, perhaps a classic ‘mid-life reckoning’ picture, in which Millar’s ascetic appearance is set out in a straightforward yet subtle manner. It is thinly painted in a well-modulated yet restricted palette. He appears at once both gritty and wary. The self portrait is divided into several abstract planes. This endows the overall composition with a plain geometrical framework. Millar was born in London. He studied at Clapham School of Art and at Saint Martin’s before serving in the Second World War in India and South Africa. Invalided out of the Army, he studied at the Royal College of Art from 1947–1950. ‘After a failed first marriage, Millar in 1969 married the painter Pamela Izzard.
A 1997 painting, 'Dried Flowers and the Tree of Life', is complex and allusive, a paradisiacal composition of indigo branches, leaves, flowers and tiny, brilliant birds. There is an intriguing interplay between darks and lights, nature morte (literally so here) and art, and also between decorative profusion and simple natural forms and motifs.
The Ruth Borchard Collection
Title
Self Portrait
Date
1964
Medium
oil on board
Measurements
H 65 x W 56 cm
Accession number
PCF85
Acquisition method
acquired by Ruth Borchard as part of the original collection
Work type
Painting
