The phrase "artistic milieu" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the cultural, social, and artistic environment or context in which artists operate or create their work.
Example: "The vibrant artistic milieu of the city has inspired countless painters and musicians to explore new forms of expression."
Alternatives: "artistic environment" or "creative context".
In their reference work A Story of Australian Painting, Mary Eagle and John Jones considered Rix Nicholas, alongside Clarice Beckett, to be "the best woman artist to emerge from the artistic milieu of Melbourne in the decade of the First World War".
He remembers the artistic milieu when he worked with the decorative artist Christian Bérard to design costumes for Jean Cocteau's legendary 1946 movie "La Belle et la Bête" (Beauty and the Beast).
Ms. Zorina was herself a product of an artistic milieu.
Fuseli was reared in an intellectual and artistic milieu and initially studied theology.
Some of the most prominent films of the season ponder the romantic mysteries of the artistic milieu.
Her writings have incorporated translations of ancient poetry, and material from unpublished manuscripts, in order to illuminate an artistic milieu.
This two-part research report will focus on a format Rojankovsky consistently returned to – the ABC book – to chart his unique style with its vivid animal and fairy tale imagery, as well as his responses to the demands of different publishing, political, and artistic milieus.
Unfortunately, the book fails to provide a full accounting of the larger artistic and political milieu in which Hockney flourished.
And the introduction by Herbert Eagle (whose anthology "Russian Formalist Film Theory" is itself a welcome addition to American film scholarship) vividly describes the artistic and intellectual milieu in which Eisenstein lived and worked.
In addition to three cultures and countries, El Greco's career spanned two apprenticeships, numerous stylistic phases, at least two faiths and several artistic and intellectual milieus.
Ward argues in a paper published in The International Journal of Cultural Policy, that while the council's strategy of arts-led regeneration has stimulated "a local milieu of artistic and cultural activity", it has failed to support local artists, which risks undermining the sustainability of the arts scene.
