Editing Francis Davis Millet (section)

==Career==
[[File:Millet-The Fourth Minnesota Entering Vicksburg After-Restoration.jpg|thumb|''The Fourth Minnesota Entering Vicksburg'', c. 1904, Governor’s Reception Room at the [[Minnesota State Capitol]]|left]]

In 1876, Millet returned to Boston to paint murals at [[Trinity Church (Boston)|Trinity Church in Boston]] with [[John LaFarge]]. He entered the [[Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)|Royal Academy of Fine Arts]] at [[Antwerp]], Belgium. He was the first student to win a silver medal in his first year; the following year he won a gold medal. In the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo‐Turkish war of 1877–78]], he was engaged as a war correspondent by the ''New York Herald'', the London ''Daily News'', and the London ''Graphic''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Forbes |first=Archibald |author-link= Archibald Forbes |title= Memories and Studies of War and Peace |publisher= Cassell and Company Limited |place= London, Paris & Melbourne |url=https://archive.org/stream/memoriesstudieso01forb#page/17/mode/1up |year=1895 |edition=2nd |pages= 17, 22, 234–235, 269|access-date= 27 July 2018 |via= Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor= Thomas, Frederick Moy |title=Fifty Years of Fleet Street being the Life and Letters of John Richard Robinson |url=https://archive.org/stream/fiftyyearsofflee00thomiala#page/187/mode/2up|year=1904|publisher=Macmillan |place=London |edition=1 |pages= 187 |access-date= 16 August 2018| via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He was decorated by Russia and Romania for his bravery under fire and his services to the wounded.

Millet became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1880, and in 1885 was elected as a member of the National Academy of Design, New York and as Vice-Chairman of the Fine Arts Committee. He was made a trustee of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], and sat on the advisory committee of the [[National Gallery of Art]]. He was decorations director for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in Chicago in 1893, with claims he invented the first form of compressed air [[spraypaint]]ing to apply [[whitewash]] to the buildings, but the story may be apocryphal as contemporary journals note spraypainting had already been in use since the early 1880s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/November-2011/The-Contentious-Historical-Origins-Spray-Paint/ |title=Whet Moser, The Contentious Historical Origins of Spray Paint, chicagomag.com, Nov. 7, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719143105/http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/November-2011/The-Contentious-Historical-Origins-Spray-Paint/ |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> His career included work on a number of worlds' fairs, including Vienna, Chicago, Paris, and Tokyo, where he made contributions as a juror, administrator, mural painter/decorator, and adviser.<ref name="gaines">Gaines, Catherine S. ''A Finding Aid to the Francis Davis Millet and Millet Family Papers, 1858–1984 (bulk 1858–1955) in the Archives of American Art.''  [http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/millfran/ The Francis Davis Millet And Millet Family Papers Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206031358/http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/millfran// |date=December 6, 2010 }}, Smithsonian Archives of American Art.</ref>

Millet was among the founders of the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]], and was influential in the early days of the American Federation of Arts.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.afaweb.org/ | title = American federation of arts | access-date = March 11, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160417204827/http://afaweb.org/ | archive-date = April 17, 2016 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}.</ref> He was instrumental in obtaining the appointment of [[Emil Otto Grundmann]], an old acquaintance from his Antwerp days, as first head of the school.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Millet_Francis_D/Francis_D_Millet.htm | title = Other artists | contribution = Millet, Francis D | publisher = John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery | access-date = October 4, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120622171339/http://www.jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Millet_Francis_D/Francis_D_Millet.htm | archive-date = June 22, 2012 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}.</ref> Millet was involved with the American Academy in Rome<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.aarome.org/ | title = American academy in Rome | access-date = March 11, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050527212033/http://www.aarome.org/ | archive-date = May 27, 2005 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}.</ref> from its inception and served as secretary from 1904 to 1911. He was a founding member and vice chairman of the [[U.S. Commission of Fine Arts]], serving from 1910 until his death in 1912.<ref>Thomas E. Luebke, ed., ''Civic Art:  A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts'' (Washington, D.C.:  U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013):  Appendix B, p. 549.</ref> He died aboard the ''[[Titanic]]'' while traveling to New York City on Academy business.<ref name="gaines" />

[[File:Francis Davis Millet, ca1900.jpg|thumb|Millet at work in his studio, circa 1900|216x216px]]

As well as an artist, Millet was a writer and journalist. He translated [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and also wrote essays and short stories. Among his publications are ''Capillary Crime and Other Stories'' (1892),<ref>{{cite book |last= Millet |first=  F. D. |title= A Capillary Crime and Other Stories |place=New York |publisher= Harper & Brothers |url=https://archive.org/stream/acapillarycrime00millgoog#page/n8 |year= 1892 |access-date= July 26, 2018|via= Internet Archive}}</ref> ''The Danube From the Black Forest to the Black Sea'' (1892)<ref>{{cite book |last= Millet |first=  F. D. |title=The Danube: From the Black Forest to the Black Sea |place=New York |publisher= Harper & Brothers |url=https://archive.org/stream/danubefromblackf00milluoft#page/n5 |year= 1892 |access-date= July 26, 2018|via= Internet Archive}}</ref> and ''Expedition to the Philippines'' (1899).<ref>{{cite book |last= Millet |first=  F. D. |title=Expedition to the Philippines |place=New York |publisher= Harper & Brothers |url= https://archive.org/stream/expeditiontophil00mill#page/n7 |year= 1899 |access-date= July 26, 2018|via= Internet Archive}}</ref> He was elected a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] and was an honorary member of the [[American Institute of Architects]].

A noted sculptor and designer, Millet designed the 1907 [[Civil War Medal]] at the request of the [[U.S. Army]] and [[United States War Department]] and the 1908 [[Spanish Campaign Medal]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.foxfall.com/csm-army-scm.htm | title= SPANISH CAMPAIGN MEDAL (Army) | access-date= October 9, 2018 | work= COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS FOR SALE | publisher= Foxfall Medals | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170303065833/http://foxfall.com/csm-army-scm.htm | archive-date= March 3, 2017 | url-status= live | df= mdy-all }}</ref>  He executed the ceiling of the Call Room of the [[U.S. Custom House (Baltimore, Maryland)|US Custom House]] at [[Baltimore]], Maryland.<ref>{{cite web | url = {{MHT url|id=212}} | title= Maryland Historical Trust| date= November 21, 2008 | work = US Custom House, Baltimore City|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref>