Mildred Burrage

Mildred Giddings Burrage (May 18, 1890 – March 26, 1983) was an American artist.

A native of Portland, Maine, Burrage was the daughter of Henry S. Burrage and Ernestine Maie Giddings, his second wife. In childhood her mother supported her artistic endeavors, and at the age of twelve she began lessons with Alice H. Howes, a former pupil of Frank Weston Benson and William Merritt Chase. She graduated from Smith Grammar School and Cony High School before attending Mary Colman Wheeler's school in Providence, Rhode Island, where she was especially interest in the classes on art. She studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and had lessons as well with Richard E. Miller and Eben F. Comins.

During her early career Burrage traveled extensively in Europe, and also visited the Armory Show. Some of her work is influenced by cartography. Active as a preservationist as well as an artist, she served as a director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, She was also involved in the founding of the Maine Art Gallery. Among her accolades was the Deborah Morton Award from Westbrook College.