John Everett Millais

British | 1829 - 1896

John Everett Millais was a British 19th Century painter who was born in 1829. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Leighton House in London. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art have featured John Everett Millais's work in the past.John Everett Millais's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 8 USD to 3,481,189 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,481,189 USD for Sisters, sold at Christie's London in 2013. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 18,846 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 1,367 USD.John Everett Millais has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Daily Art Magazine in June 2025. The artist died in 1896.

Artist's alternative names: J. E. Millais, Sir John Everett Millais, Sir John Millais

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Portrait of Margaret Fuller Maitland

By John Everett Millais

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Portrait of J. C. Hook, R. A ,1888

By John Everett Millais

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Sleeping

By John Everett Millais

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Pensive ,1893

By John Everett Millais

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Nina, daughter of Frederick Lehmann, Esq. - John Everett Millais

Nina, daughter of Frederick Lehmann, Esq. ,1869

By John Everett Millais

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Portrait of J. C. Hook, R. A ,1888

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John Everett MILLAIS 1800s Antique print YOUTH Framed Signed

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Current Exhibitions

The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce

Meadows Museum

Dallas | Texas | USA

Feb 23,2025 - Jun 22,2025

Victorian Treasures from Cecil French and Scott Thomas Buckle

Leighton House

Kensington | London | UK

May 24,2025 - Sep 21,2025

Scented Visions: Smell in Art 1850鈥�1915

Watts Gallery

Surrey | UK

May 15,2025 - Nov 09,2025

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Articles

Daily Art Magazine 02/06/2025

June was chosen as the Month of Pride to commemorate riots in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC, which were a response to a police raid that took place on June 28, 1969.

Daily Art Magazine 09/04/2025

What do we think of when we ponder the Victorian era? I, for one, always think of steam trains, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, pea-soupers (thick London fog), public libraries, and Lewis Carroll鈥檚 Alice鈥檚 Adventures in Wonderland.

From the Perspective of the Model: Elizabeth Siddal and Christina Rosetti

黑料不打烊 25/03/2025

Elizabeth Siddal's tragic life as a muse and model and Christina Rossetti鈥檚 poetry, expose the Pre-Raphaelite era鈥檚 depiction of women鈥檚 suffering

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鈥� .. Starting in the late eighteenth century Air charts the public鈥檚 fascination with experiments with air (including the development of air balloons), before progressing on to the industrial revolution, which... 鈥�
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Royal West Of England Academy

鈥� ..Radically flaunting convention, these artists revelled in the use of brilliant colour, meticulous detail and exquisite layering... 鈥�
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National Gallery of Australia

鈥� ..These artists鈥� attention to detail, use of vibrant colors, and engagement with both literary themes and contemporary life, is evident in the paintings, watercolors, and superb examples of decorative art... 鈥�
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Seattle Art Museum

鈥� ..For centuries, the mannequin, or lay figure, was little more than a studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes... 鈥�
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Fitzwilliam Museum

鈥� .. Discover how van Eyck鈥檚 'Arnolfini Portrait' was one of the beacons by which the Pre-Raphaelites forged a radical new style of painting... 鈥�
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The National Gallery, London