John Everett Millais

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John Everett Millais was a leading 19th-century British painter and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, renowned for his highly detailed, emotionally charged works such as "Ophelia."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Academician
baronet
history painter
human
illustrator
member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
painter
portrait painter
active years 1840s–1890s
art style emotional intensity
highly detailed realism
cause of death throat cancer
co-founded Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
country of citizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
date of birth 1829-06-08
date of death 1896-08-13
educated at Royal Academy Schools
ethnic group English
family name Millais
full name John Everett Millais
genre history painting
landscape painting
portrait
given name John
language of work or name English
member of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
middle name Everett
movement Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Pre-Raphaelitism
Victorian art
notable student or follower influenced later Victorian painters
notable work A Huguenot
Autumn Leaves
Bubbles
Christ in the House of His Parents
Mariana
Ophelia
Peace Concluded
The Blind Girl
The Boyhood of Raleigh
The North-West Passage
The Order of Release, 1746
The Princes in the Tower
The Rescue
The Vale of Rest
occupation illustrator
painter
place of birth England
Hampshire
Southampton
place of death England
Kensington
London
position held President of the Royal Academy
relative George Gray Millais
William Millais
sex or gender male
spouse Effie Gray
title 1st Baronet Millais


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