Matilda Cheney Wise Millard died April 4, 2016 at Goodwin House in Alexandria, VA. She was born on November 2, 1922 in Peking, China to Louise Delano Cheney and Sherwood A. Cheney. She was a gifted artist and trained at The Arts Student League of New York and The Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1952 she married Tully Robinson Wise and settled in Alexandria, VA. For many years she had a studio in the Torpedo Factory. After her first husband died, she married William John Millard Jr. in 1988. She loved her collage artwork and family and friends are the beneficiary of her many lovely works of art. A week before her death she had placed three recent collages in the Goodwin House Art Show and was working on another painting.She leaves behind many step-children, step-grandchildren, step-great grandchildren and step-nieces.A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, May 1 at 3:30 p.m. at Goodwin House, 4800 Filmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA.
Published by The Washington Post on Apr. 17, 2016
Published by The Washington Post on Apr. 17, 2016
Matilda Cheney Wise Millard died April 4, 2016 at Goodwin House in Alexandria, VA. She was born on November 2, 1922 in Peking, China to Louise Delano Cheney and Sherwood A. Cheney. She was a gifted artist and trained at The Arts Student League of New York and The Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1952 she married Tully Robinson Wise and settled in Alexandria, VA. For many years she had a studio in the Torpedo Factory. After her first husband died, she married William John Millard Jr. in 1988. She loved her collage artwork and family and friends are the beneficiary of her many lovely works of art. A week before her death she had placed three recent collages in the Goodwin House Art Show and was working on another painting.She leaves behind many step-children, step-grandchildren, step-great grandchildren and step-nieces.A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, May 1 at 3:30 p.m. at Goodwin House, 4800 Filmore Avenue, Alexandria, VA.
Published by The Washington Post on Apr. 17, 2016
Published by The Washington Post on Apr. 17, 2016
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