John Everett Millais

by Jason Rosenfeld

John Everett Millais was one of the most successful and acclaimed British painters of the nineteenth century. A founder member of the radical Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an acclaimed society portraitist, and an ambitious painter of historical themes, Millais ended his days as a Baronet and President of the Royal Academy. In this widely illustrated, thoughtful account of Millais's career, Jason Rosenfeld brings together biography, art history and an insightful and detailed analysis of individual paintings. Opening with a focused study of his much acclaimed, and now iconic Pre-Raphaelite paintings, in the second half of the book the author presents a fascinating reconsideration of the artist's often over looked later career.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Biography, Art History, History

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 27, 2007

Reviews

[E. G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

--John Everett Millais

End Notes
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
Picture Credits
Acknowledgements

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one more than earns its place on my art shelves. A thorough bio on a multi-layered man, who's works are well represented and beautifully reproduced.

[JoséMaría BlancoWhite · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book combines pictures and text half and half. The pictures are mostly half the size of the page, but there are also full size pictures, and a great quality they are. This, actually, is the best in the book. The text, on the other hand, is too small in print, too narrowly restricted to the comment of the work in question or its relation to the time in the painter's life. But it lacks a more fluid narrative of the painter's life. Of course it is not a biography, but it doesn't need to be strictly a biography. It could, and should, have interrelated more fluidly both with the painter's life and his works. The language used isn't that technical, which I deeply appreciate.

Otherwise it's quite a complete set of his finest works. A delight to the eye, although the man keeps being a distant mystery to me, even with his paintings present.

[G.A. Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful book, full of interesting information and beautiful pictures. It's a work of art in itself.