Mildred’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

49th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings Sculpture
Mildred Waltrip (American, 1911-2004) published by Works Progress Administration

The Marquis de Basque Ville Falls in the Seine at Paris
Mildred Waltrip (American, 1911-2004) published by the Works Progress Administration

Ponies
Mildred Waltrip (American, 1911-2004) published by the Works Progress Administration

Claude
Mildred Waltrip (American, 1911-2004) published by the Works Progress Administration

Mexican Church
Mildred Waltrip (American, 1911-2004) published by the Works Progress Administration

Mexican Church
Mildred Waltrip (American, 1911-2004) published by the Works Progress Administration

"The Settling of the West" Quilt
Designed and executed by Mildred Jacobs Chappell (American, active early 20th century)

Pendant and Chain
Mildred Watkins (American, 1883–1968) Cleveland

Letter Knife
Mildred Watkins American, 1883–1968 Cleveland

A Portrait: Mildred Howells
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Screenprint on Plastic
Mildred Thompson

Bill Hammer Jr. and his Mother Mildred, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Archie Lieberman American, 1926–2008

Trace Indigo #4
Daniel Graffin (French, born 1938) France, Paris

Skirt Panel for a Woman's Sack Gown
Designed by Anna Maria Garthwaite (English, 1690–1763) Woven by Daniel Vautier (English, active 1741–51) Spitalfields, England

Louis XVI Restaurateur de la Liberté (Louis XVI Restorer of Liberty) (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after others Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Jouy-en-Josas, France

A Portrait: Mildred Howells
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Furnishing Fabric
Designed by Philippe Wyngaert (Flemish, active c. 1820) after engravings by Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet (French, 1788-1871) and paintings by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (French, 1778-1865) France, possibly Alsace or Bolbec

Card Tray
Possibly designed by Mildred Belle Bevis (also Mrs. Marshall W. Hanks, American, 1883–1980) Made by Kalo Shop (American, 1900–70) Park Ridge, Illinois

Char Pot
Manufactured by Old Haymarket Pottery Liverpool, England