Sir John Everett Millais
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Sir John Everett Millais 🇬🇧

John Everett Millais (Known as "Millais")
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Born Jun 08, 1829 🇬🇧 Southampton, United Kingdom
Passed Away Aug 13, 1896 London, United Kingdom
Lifespan 67 years old
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"Paint with fidelity to nature, and the truth will look back at you from the canvas."

Archival Overview

Prodigy co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood whose botanical tour-de-force 'Ophelia' (1851) and 'Christ in the House of His Parents' are crowns of Victorian British art.

Biographical Record

John Everett Millais (1829–1896 CE) entered the Royal Academy Schools at the record age of eleven, hailed as the most gifted technical prodigy in English history.

His masterwork Ophelia featured model Elizabeth Siddal lying in a bath of water while Millais painted every riverbank flower with microscope precision outdoors in Surrey, later becoming President of the Royal Academy.

Key Life Milestones

1851

Ophelia Completed

Completed his world-famous painting of Shakespeare's drowning heroine, celebrated for its astonishing scientific botanical detail.

1896

President of the Royal Academy

Elected President of the Royal Academy, capping a legendary career that transformed British painting.

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Saint Paul's Cathedral Crypt
London, United Kingdom
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