Millar kept extensive notes on the works of art he visited in public and private collections and indexed them by artist and collection. These journals, written between 1945 and 2006, as well as Millar's general research papers are kept in the Paul Mellon Centre's archive. He was appointed Surveyor Emeritus and advanced to GCVO on his retirement in 1988. He wrote the chapter on Van Dyck's English period for Van Dyck, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, published in 2004. In 2008, the Tate gallery purchased, with the help of the Art Fund, a sketch by Peter Paul Rubens for the Banqueting House ceiling in Whitehall in his memory. Other positions Millar became a Fellow of the British Academy in 1970. He was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery from 1972 to 1995, and a member of the Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art from 1975 to 1987. He was a member of the executive committee of the National Art Collections Fund from 1986 to 1998, and a trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund from 1988 to 1992. He was also a Visitor at the Ashmolean Museum from 1987 to 1993, Chairman of the Patrons of British Art from 1989 to 1997, and President of the Walpole Society from 1998 to 2007. Archive & library Millar's archive is in the Paul Mellon Centre where it is fully catalogued and available for consultation. The archive includes journals, containing notes Millar made during visits to public and private collections in the UK and abroad, research files on artists including Anthony Van Dyck and Peter Lely, correspondence with art specialists, draft texts for the publication Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings and annotated exhibition catalogues. Over four hundred books from Millar’s library are in the Paul Mellon Centre library. Notes References Appearance on Desert Island Discs - 6 June 1977 Obituary, The Times, 12 May 2007 Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 14 May 2007 Obituary, The Independent, 16 May 2007 Obituary, The Guardian, 17 May 2007 External links The Oliver Millar Archive The Oliver Millar Library Donation 1923 births 2007 deaths British art historians Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Fellows of the British Academy Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art People educated at Rugby School British art curators Surveyors of the Queen's Pictures