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A perspective by Valentine Miller

Henry V. Miller was born December 26, 1891 in Yorkville, NYC. His parents were from Germany, his mother from the north, his father from Bavaria. He lived in Brooklyn during his school years. Tried working in his father’s tailor shop, here he developed his love of fine clothes. He was always a dapper dresser. His life is chronicled both by himself through his books & by his fellow authors. I think his life was remarkable in so many ways. He had to fight mediocrity and poverty, working at many mundane jobs. He started to write in his 30’s, late for a writer. When he discovered Europe, particularly Paris, he became friends with writers like Anais Nin, Alfred Perles, Lawrence Durrell. In the 1930’s he wrote & published “Tropic of Cancer”, “Black Spring”, “Aller Retour New York”, & “Tropic of Capricorn”. The floodgates were open, he was a WRITER…

A young Henry Miller
with his parents and
his sister Lauretta.

Dad lived in France, Greece, NYC, Beverly Glen, Big Su

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Henry Valentine Miller was born 26 December 1891, in Manhattan, to children of German immigrants, Heinrich Miller and Louise Nieting. A younger sister, Lauretta Anna, was born in 1895. Within a year of Miller's birth, the family moved to Brooklyn. He graduated from high school second in his class in 1909, then spent one semester at New York's City College, but left after finding the environment unbearable.In 1915, Miller took piano lessons with Beatrice Wickens, whom he married in 1917. Their daughter, Barbara, was born in 1919. For five years, Miller was employment manager at Western Union Telegraph Company. He frequently visited a friend from his school days, Emil Schnellock, an advertising artist who had a studio in New York City. Miller liked to watch Schnellock at work, and from this association Miller developed an interest in watercolor painting.In the summer of 1923, Miller met June Mansfield, an exotic dancer. He and Beatrice divorced in December 1923, and he married June in 1924. June persuaded Miller to quit his Wester
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Thank you for the music: Henry Miller paints his favourite records, from Abba to Lionel Richie

Now, there’s a strict formula to the way Henry selects the records he paints; they have to be both visually intriguing and have a specific personal history. “Sometimes there’s an LP I love but the cover is rubbish,” he says. “Lots of wonderful electronic, dance and techno records have rubbish covers or no cover at all.” Some of the records Henry has chosen to paint he’s picked for elements of humour, like Village Peoples 7 inch single of Go West – “iconic, it makes me smile.” Others, he’s chosen for their pleasing design, like a record from Ahl Nana, complete with bright colour, chequered patterns and archive photography.

In terms of the physical process, Henry deems there to be many similarities between his acting and painting. “When I act I’m open to improvisation, and I look for that kind of freedom in my painting,” he says. “My interests in character, gesture and fashion, and attitude are all present in both.” When creating each piece, he works quickly and with “energy”, trying

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