Delphi Complete Works of John Everett Millais (Illustrated)

by John Everett Millais (Illustrator), Peter Russell, Delphi Classics (Editor)

Founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the English painter Sir John Everett Millais was a principal figure of nineteenth-century British art. Along with Rossetti and Holman Hunt, he confronted the art establishment with a daring challenge to ignore 500 years of history and the corrupting influence of Raphael. A remarkable range of paintings sought a bold return to the abundant detail, intense colors, and complex compositions of the early Renaissance. Millais produced meticulously detailed artworks, forming an extraordinary and diverse oeuvre that infused new life into British art. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Millais’ complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high-quality images, and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* The complete paintings of John Everett Millais – over 300 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Millais’ celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in color – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
* Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
* Features two bonus biographies – discover Millais’ artistic and personal life

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CONTENTS:

The Highlights
Pizaro Seizing the Inca of Peru
Self Portrait, 1847
Isabella
Christ in the House of His Parents
Mariana
The Bridesmaid
Portrait of Wilkie Collins
Ophelia
Portrait of John Ruskin
The Order of Release, 1746
The Blind Girl
Autumn Leaves
Sophie Gray
The Somnambulist
The North-West Passage
The Fringe of the Moor
Bubbles
‘Speak! Speak!’

The Paintings
The Complete Paintings
Alphabetical List of Paintings

The Biographies
John Everett Millais by William Cosmo Monkhouse
Millais by Alfred Lys Baldry

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866 pages, ebook

First published March 9, 2020

About the author

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA 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 (1850) generating considerable controversy, and painting perhaps the embodiment of the school, Ophelia, in 1850–51.