The Order of Release
John Everett Millais · 1852
John Everett Millais
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1829–1896
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet 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. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street (now number 7). Millais became the most famous exponent of the style, his painting Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–1850) generating considerable controversy, and he produced a picture that could serve as the embodiment of the historical and naturalist focus of the group, Ophelia, in 1851–1852. By the mid-1850s, Millais was moving away from the Pre-Raphaelite style to develop a new form of realism in his art.
Play 7 works from this collection on your TV, phone or tablet with Momentable Art TV.
Play CollectionKnown works
The Return of the Dove to the Ark
John Everett Millais · 1851
Ashmolean Museum
The Return of the Dove to the Ark is a painting by Sir John Everett Millais, completed in 1851. It is in the Thomas Combe collection at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The painting portrays a scene from the Bible.
John Ruskin
John Everett Millais · 1853
Ashmolean Museum
John Ruskin is a portrait of the leading Victorian art critic John Ruskin (1819 to 1900). It was painted by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais (1829 to 1896) during 1853–1854. John Ruskin was an early advocate of the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists, and part of their success was due to his efforts.
The Vale of Rest
John Everett Millais · 1858
National Gallery
The Vale of Rest (1858–1859) is a painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. It depicts a twilight graveyard scene and prominently features two nuns. Of all the paintings that Millais produced, this was his favourite.
Ophelia
John Everett Millais · 1851
National Gallery
Ophelia is an 1851–1852 painting by British artist John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London. It depicts the young Danish noblewoman Ophelia in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, loses her sanity and drowns. The painting, modelled by Elizabeth Siddal, received mixed responses when first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, but is today widely regarded as one of the most important mid-nineteenth-century works, and is renowned for its beauty and natural landscape.
Christ in the House of His Parents
John Everett Millais · 1849
National Gallery
Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–1850) is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in Saint Joseph's carpentry workshop. The painting was extremely controversial when first exhibited, prompting many negative reviews, most notably one written by Charles Dickens. It catapulted the previously obscure Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to notoriety and was a major contributor to the debate about Realism in the arts.
The Ruling Passion
John Everett Millais · 1885
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The Ruling Passion, sometimes called The Ornithologist, is a painting by John Everett Millais which was shown at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1885. The painting depicts an older man lying on a chaise-longue. He is showing a stuffed bird, a king bird of paradise, to a group of children and a woman.
Sources
Invite John Everett Millais into your living room
Play 7 works from this collection on your TV, phone or tablet with Momentable Art TV.
