# Godfrey Miller artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1893-08-20
- Death date: 1964-05-10
- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: painting

## About Godfrey Miller

Godfrey Clive Miller (1893–1964) was an Australian painter born in Wellington, New Zealand. He is recognized as a significant figure in twentieth-century Australian art, with works held in major public collections including the Tate in London. Active through the mid-century period, Miller produced paintings across still-life, figure composition, and urban subject matter. His career is documented in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and the Library of Congress authority files. Miller lived and worked in the Paddington area of Sydney until his death in 1964. References in the Encyclopaedia of Australian Art and other standard reference works confirm his established place in Australian art history.

## Common works and media

Miller commonly worked in oil on canvas and other painting media. Known subjects include still-life arrangements such as ginger jars and fruit, figure group compositions, and urban or architectural scenes depicting buildings and streetscapes. Works titled in authority records include "Building and Trees," "Figure Group," and "Ginger Jar and Apples." Collectors may encounter both larger gallery-scale paintings and smaller studies or works on paper at auction.

## Market and appraisal context

Godfrey Miller's paintings appear regularly in the Australian and international auction market, with 186 recorded lots in the Appraisily database. Collectors and appraisers assessing Miller's work should consider provenance, exhibition history, medium, dimensions, condition, and subject matter. Works attributed to Miller span still-life compositions, figure groups, and architectural or urban scenes. Comparable public auction results provide the most reliable basis for valuation. Attribution should be confirmed through catalogue raisonné consultation or scholarly review, as with any mid-century Australian painter.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from institutional authority files with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Sources for this page include the Tate, RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, and the Library of Congress.

## Sources

- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/56157
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/godfrey-miller-1632
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20822545
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500011580
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/36195634/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97031337