She specialized in the study of 16th–17th century painting of Dutch, Spanish, and Venetian origins, and feminist art history.
[3] Madlyn Millner was born on June 30, 1913, in New Jersey, U.S.. She studied at Barnard College in New York City, and received a B.A.
[4] While attending undergrad, she served as the editor of Barnard Bulletin, the school newspaper.
[4] Kahr followed with further study at New York University Institute of Fine Arts where she received a M.A.
[3] Her dissertation was titled, The Book Of Esther In Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art (1968, New York University).