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Sir John Everett Millais Boxed Notecards
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Sir John Everett Millais (British, 1829–1896) was a child prodigy who at age eleven was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools. In 1848 he and a group of young artists, including William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, formed a radical art movement they called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. According to them, the style of Italian Renaissance master Raphael Sanzio had been elevated to an idea that dominated art teaching, but after centuries of imitation its vigor had faded to weak and empty rhetoric. The art of the Pre-Raphaelites was passionately bound up with poetry, literature, and contemporary political and religious movements. Rules of draftsmanship and composition were dropped and replaced by angular, flat designs and harsh, unshaded lighting, bright colors, and sharp details.
Millais’ painting style shifted, however, during the 1850s. In need of a stable income, Millais became one of the most respected and well-paid English portrait painters of the late nineteenth century. He enjoyed great financial success, was made a baronet, and was elected president of the Royal Academy.
Of the four paintings displayed on these notecards, only Autumn Leaves is considered a Pre-Raphaelite work; the other three are representative of Millais’ later painting style.
Contains five each of the following notecards:
Published with the Manchester Art Gallery.
Millais’ painting style shifted, however, during the 1850s. In need of a stable income, Millais became one of the most respected and well-paid English portrait painters of the late nineteenth century. He enjoyed great financial success, was made a baronet, and was elected president of the Royal Academy.
Of the four paintings displayed on these notecards, only Autumn Leaves is considered a Pre-Raphaelite work; the other three are representative of Millais’ later painting style.
Contains five each of the following notecards:
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