Lee Miller (b.1907 New York)
From model and muse to ground-breaking modern artist, Lee Miller’s biography at times overwhelms her aesthetic achievement. Washing in Hitler’s bathtub and posing for Picasso are notable vignettes, but Miller was a pioneer who transformed the male-dominated disciplines of Surrealism and war photography.
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From model and muse to ground-breaking modern artist, Lee Miller’s biography at times overwhelms her aesthetic achievement....
Reuters: Lee Miller’s Women at War, from Belle Lupton on YouTube.
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