David Brown Milne (1882-1953), Canadian painter and etcher, was a pioneer of postimpressionism in Canadian art. He developed a personal style almost Oriental in its economy of means.

David Milne was born in January 1882 near Paisley, Ontario, and began his career as a country school-teacher. About 1904 he went to New York to study at the Art Students' League, but after 6 months he had to turn to commercial art for a living. In his spare time he painted the urban scene in the strong outlines and broad color areas of the Fauves. He exhibited five canvases in the famous Armory Show of 1913.

In 1915 Milne settled at Boston Corner in the Berkshire Hills. At the end of 1917 he joined the Canadian army as a private; a year later he was appointed as a war artist to record places where the Canadians saw action. From 1919 to 1928 he spent winters at Boston...