Delle Miller was a skilled and prolific artist. Educated in the Impressionist tradition of the late nineteenth century, she used radiant colors with a primary focus on landscape, inspired by regular trips into nature. Born Adele Helene Miller in 1875, she grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and was interested in art from an early age. In the 1890s she attended the Kansas City Art Institute, later studying with the craftsman Arthur Dow at the Art Students League of New York and the American painter Hugh Breckenridge at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After nearly a decade of study, she began to exhibit her work professionally and teach art courses. Ms. Miller was hired at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Manual Training High School around 1909, teaching classes in metalwork, jewelry, leatherwork and woodcarving. In 1916, she was hired at Kansas City Central High School, where she worked with Coah Henry, another prolific artist and Kansas City Art Institute graduate. While at Central, Miller established the Gold Star Memorial Scholarship Fund dedicated to sixteen Kansas City students killed during World War I. Her painting practice blossomed in the 1920s. She won the $250 Purchase Prize at the Midwestern Artists' Exhibition in 1922. In the following years she held solo exhibitions at venues including the University of Kansas and the Conrad Hug Galleries in Kansas City. In 1926, Miller was elected president of the Kansas City Society of Artists. The same year, Delle Miller left Central to teach at Paseo High School. She capitalized on the new building's spacious art studios and hallway galleries to host exhibitions of students and local artists. Critics and collectors considered Miller one of the leading painters and educators in Kansas City. She continued to win prestigious awards, including Best Painting at the 1929 Missouri State Fair. Delle Miller died in 1932 at the height of her career after a three-year battle against breast cancer.