Milly Childers facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Milly Childers
Self portrait (1889)
Born	Emily Maria Eardley Childers 1866 (1866)
Died	1922 (aged 55–56)
Nationality	British
Known for	Painting

Emily Maria Eardley Childers (1866–1922), known as Milly Childers, was an English painter. She lived during the late Victorian era and the early 1900s.

Milly was the daughter of Hugh Childers, who was an important Member of Parliament and a government minister. Not much is known about Milly's early life. She started showing her artwork around 1890.

Traveling and Painting

After her father retired in 1892, Milly and her father traveled together. They explored different places in England and France. During these trips, Milly painted many beautiful landscapes and pictures of church interiors.

Her father's connections in society and politics helped Milly get some special art jobs. For example, she worked as a restorer and copyist for Lord Halifax at Temple Newsam. This meant she helped fix old paintings or made copies of them.

Portrait of Hugh Childers (1891)

Exhibitions and Famous Works

Milly Childers showed her art at a big event called the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. Her paintings were displayed in the Palace of Fine Arts.

Some of Milly's most famous paintings include a portrait of her father and a self-portrait she painted in 1889. Other well-known works are Children Playing Hoops in the Street, Arromanches and The Pannier market, Barnstaple. Her painting style was influenced by the Impressionists, who focused on capturing light and movement.

Photograph by John Benjamin Stone

Finished painting: The Terrace, 1909

The artist at work - and its result

See also

In Spanish: Milly Childers para niños