Edgar Miller was one of the nation’s foremost stained-glass designers.
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Rudolph Glasner Studio by Edgar Miller
1734 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60614, USA312-690-7359
Built in 1928, the Glasner Studio is Miller's most exquisite and rare gem of art, design, and architecture, "hidden in plain sight" in Chicago's historic Old Town neighborhood.
Edgar Miller was a self-taught artist and master craftsman—a true “Renaissance Man” of the modern era—who transformed old buildings into modern works of livable art.
Public tours of the Glasner Studio, part of a private residential complex, are restricted to the second Saturday of every month, by reservation only.
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STAINED GLASS
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ANIMALS
Edgar loved to use animals as objects of his art, as they were a reflection of nature and he believed they brought us back in touch with our humanity. Even more so, since the sculpture garden was intended to be used by the housing project’s neighborhood children, it made even more sense to use animals as a way to engage the young minds.
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ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
Edgar Miller’s genius reached its apex in four fully realized artistic studios that he built on Chicago’s North Side in the 1920s and ‘30s. Miller marked almost every inch of the studios with daring and surprise. He took rustic brick, crude stone, salvaged tile, found glass and recycled steel and wood and “Edgarized” the homes, packing them with stained-glass windows, frescoes, murals, mosaics and woodcarvings.
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FINE ART
Edgar was a fine painter, he could sculpt and could draw haunting portraits, and he was considered a pioneer in the use of graphic art in advertising.
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NATURE
Miller’s creativity centered on a simple message: nature is a science that shouldn’t be defied, and the world should respect and learn from nature.
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Edgar Miller Legacy is a 501(c)3 non-profit. The goals of our organization are to preserve and promote Miller as an overlooked artistic genius, encourage study and research of his life and body of work, act as a resource for educational institutions and organizations, and to provide inspirational experiences within Miller-designed spaces.
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