On board RMS Carpathia as it rescued survivors from the Titanic was Cooper, the skyscraper painter, already at work on his gouaches of the scene.
Titanic
Millet was a central figure in American fine arts, as well as a painter in mid-century Salon style. When returning from Europe he and his friend died after the Titanic struck an iceberg.
How many in the White House know the story of the memorial fountain just opposite – of Butt and Millet, Tennyson, and Oenone?
In his later career, he discovered the West Coast and the beauty of trees and gardens, continuing to paint in Impressionist style.
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