Milton Derr
(1932)

Over nearly four decades, Milton Derr has explored the character of black men as a subject. His objective has never been a simple depiction of a stereotypical black male. Instead, he has striven to paint the complex inner struggle which a man--irrespective of race-- must undergo in order to fully become himself.

Milton Derr (b. 1932, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) studied at the Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Independent Group of Painters and Sculptors, Tokyo, Japan. Principally a painter and illustrator, Derr recently retired as a teacher at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, and resides in Boston, MA.