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Sara Miller
Ser Amantio di Nicolao: added Category:2016 deaths using HotCat
'''Sara Shapiro Miller''' (July 8, 1924 - October 29, 2016) was an [[United States|American]] sculptor.
Born '''Sara Shirlee Shapiro''' on the west side of [[Chicago]], Miller was the daughter of Philip Shapiro, a baker, and Rose Morris Shapiro, a boarding house proprietor. The tenth of twelve children, she grew up in the [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]] neighborhood. After graduation from [[Jones Commercial High School]] she entered the world of [[real estate]], taking a job as a professional realtor with [[Arthur Rubloff]]. Beginning in the field of office leasing, she later moved to commercial and industrial real estate, eventually becoming a vice president at Rubloff's firm. Married in 1946 to Ira J. Miller, she was the mother of three children. Miller and her husband were among the founders of [[Little City]], and did philanthropic work on behalf of the developmentally disabled, raising money to build a home for them in [[Palatine, Illinois|Palatine]], [[Illinois]]. The couple were members of [[Anshe Emet Synagogue]]. Miller began studying ceramics and sculpture in her retirement years, studying at [[Truman College]] and at the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] and working with Anna Varalla and Morino Moretti, the latter in [[Orvieto]]. She was a member of Chicago's Palette and Chisel Artist's studio. In later years she lived at the [[Hancock Tower]], where she died.<ref>https://ift.tt/2IL0kC5>
Miller produced a number of public sculptures for Chicago institutions during her career. Among these were busts of [[Saul Bellow]], installed in the [[Harold Washington Library]] in 1993,<ref>https://ift.tt/2ITRGgk> and [[Gwendolyn Brooks]], commissioned for the same location the following year.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Lx0DOB> Brooks honored the artist with a poem upon completion of her portrait.<ref>https://ift.tt/2xgkPRQ> The library also owns a 1994 bust of [[Ernest Hemingway]] by the artist.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Ly3OWn> Copies of the busts of both Bellow and Brooks are owned by the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2IPXhV5>
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[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
Born '''Sara Shirlee Shapiro''' on the west side of [[Chicago]], Miller was the daughter of Philip Shapiro, a baker, and Rose Morris Shapiro, a boarding house proprietor. The tenth of twelve children, she grew up in the [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]] neighborhood. After graduation from [[Jones Commercial High School]] she entered the world of [[real estate]], taking a job as a professional realtor with [[Arthur Rubloff]]. Beginning in the field of office leasing, she later moved to commercial and industrial real estate, eventually becoming a vice president at Rubloff's firm. Married in 1946 to Ira J. Miller, she was the mother of three children. Miller and her husband were among the founders of [[Little City]], and did philanthropic work on behalf of the developmentally disabled, raising money to build a home for them in [[Palatine, Illinois|Palatine]], [[Illinois]]. The couple were members of [[Anshe Emet Synagogue]]. Miller began studying ceramics and sculpture in her retirement years, studying at [[Truman College]] and at the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] and working with Anna Varalla and Morino Moretti, the latter in [[Orvieto]]. She was a member of Chicago's Palette and Chisel Artist's studio. In later years she lived at the [[Hancock Tower]], where she died.<ref>https://ift.tt/2IL0kC5>
Miller produced a number of public sculptures for Chicago institutions during her career. Among these were busts of [[Saul Bellow]], installed in the [[Harold Washington Library]] in 1993,<ref>https://ift.tt/2ITRGgk> and [[Gwendolyn Brooks]], commissioned for the same location the following year.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Lx0DOB> Brooks honored the artist with a poem upon completion of her portrait.<ref>https://ift.tt/2xgkPRQ> The library also owns a 1994 bust of [[Ernest Hemingway]] by the artist.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Ly3OWn> Copies of the busts of both Bellow and Brooks are owned by the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2IPXhV5>
==References==
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
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