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Charles Mills (1856–1956) was an American artist.
Charles Mills was born in 1856 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] He attended Allegheny College for one year before moving to Europe at the age of 22. [1] There he studied under Frank Duveneck. [1] His most famous works include a series of murals at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, the Suter Window at Trinity Church, and the stained glass windows at Memorial Hall at Harvard University. [1]
He moved to Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1888.
Murals at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
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