The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais

President of the Royal Academy

By:

John Guille Millais

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture

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A prodigiously talented artist, Sir John Everett Millais (1829–96) co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with Rossetti and others, helping to revolutionise the Victorian art world. The minute realism of paintings like Christ in the House of his Parents, and his high-profile marriage to Ruskin's ex-wife Effie, were gradually accepted, and the iconic Ophelia was widely admired. Success as an illustrator also put him in the public eye, with the engravings market bringing him new wealth. With popularity came a return to more traditional forms in portraiture and landscape, inspired by Reynolds, Velázquez and the Old Masters, although he also played off Whistler and the aesthetic movement. He became president of the Royal Academy in the last year of his life. His son, John Guille Millais (1865–1931), published this highly illustrated and acclaimed two-volume biography in 1899. Volume 1 provides an account of Millais' most influential years up to 1867.

Release date NZ

September 20th, 2012

Author

John Guille Millais

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

4 Plates, black and white; 195 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

474

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture

Dimensions

152x229x27

ISBN-13

9781108051729

Product ID

20651860

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