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View all 107 artworks. John Everett Millais lived in the XIX cent., a remarkable figure of British Romanticism and Realism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- British
- June 8, 1829
- Southampton, United Kingdom
- August 13, 1896
John Everett Millais (Southampton, (Reino Unido), 8 de junio de 1829 – Londres, 13 de agosto de 1896), Pintor e ilustrador inglés, destacado en el arte romántico, miembro fundador de la Hermandad Prerrafaelita.
- British
- Southampton, United Kingdom
- Childhood and Education
- Early Training
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- The Legacy of John Everett Millais
The youngest of three siblings, John Everett Millais was born into a comfortable middle-class Military family. His father, John William Millais, was a keen "Sunday painter" and John, and his brother William, would become heirs to their father's love of art. Millais, who was home-schooled by his mother, Mary Emily Hodgkinson, enjoyed an idyllic chil...
Upon arrival in London, his mother presented her son to the president of the Royal Academy of Arts, Sir Martin Shee. Confronted with a nine-year-old boy, Shee quickly dismissed Mary by suggesting her son would be better served if he trained to sweep chimneys. She persisted, however, and once he saw examples of Millais's work he reversed his opinion...
Despite his fine training, Millais would tire of what he felt were the narrow practices of the Old Masters and the heavy emphasis the Academy placed on the excellence of Renaissance artists, including, and forward of, Raphael. In 1848 he joined a clandestine group of seven young artists made up of fellow Academy students: Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Wil...
The last decades of Millais's life were busy on a professional and a personal front. His acclaim at exhibitions, including the Exposition Universellein Paris in 1878, furthered still his reputation, but in his later years he focused almost exclusively on landscapes and portraiture. For his landscapes, Millais travelled to Scotland where he produced...
Millais played a key role in modernizing art in nineteenth century Britain. As a founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood he was part of one of the most radical movements in the history of British art, forming, in the words of art historian Jason Rosenfeld, "a youthfully bold challenge to the staid nature of the Royal Academy and art in gen...
- British
- June 8, 1829
- Southampton, England
- August 13, 1896
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet PRA (UK: / ˈ m ɪ l eɪ / MIL-ay, US: / m ɪ ˈ l eɪ / mil-AY; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
- British
- Painting, drawing, printmaking
12 de mar. de 2024 · Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet (UK: MIL-ay, US: mil-AY; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools.
14 de may. de 2023 · RA Collection: People and Organisations. A founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Sir John Everett Millais was internationally renowned during his lifetime, and his career culminated in his election as President of the Royal Academy in 1896. As a child, Millais displayed a precocious artistic talent.
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