Milton Avery

Milton Avery (1885-1965) was a United States painter whose works specialize in American Modernism. Although born in Altmar, New York, he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to Maine.

He started out struggling and living in obscurity, but Roy Neuberger saw his work and thought he deserved recognition. Determined to get the world to know and respect Avery's work, Neuberger bought over 100 of his paintings, starting with Gaspé Landscape, and lent or donated them to museums all over the world. With the work of Milton Avery rotating through high-profile museums, he came to be a highly respected and successful painter.