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Millais
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Mil·lais  (m-l), Sir John Everett 1829-1896.
British painter and a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848). His works include Christ in the Carpenter's Shop (1850) and Order of Release (1853).

Millais [ˈmɪleɪ]
n
(Biographies / Millais, Sir John Everett (1829-1896) M, English, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Sir John Everett. 1829-96, English painter, who was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His works include The Order of Release (1853) and The Blind Girl (1856)
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Noun1.Millais - Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)Millais - Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)


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The way the Pre-Raphaelites chose to present themselves and how they used new reproduction techniques to popularize their art are treated, especially in an article on the many reproductions of the paintings of John Everett Millais along with those of his many imitators.
With the naive John Everett Millais (Samuel Barnett) and the undisciplined Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Aidan Turner), Hunt samples the delights of the era under the eye of budding journalist Fred Walters (Sam Crane), who creates hype about the artists' work.
Rather than focus explicitly on the art, Desperate Romantics instead follows the lives and love affairs of artists William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais, as well as their friends, foes and families.
 
 
 
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