Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896) was an English painter and illustrator, one of the leading artists of the Victorian era. He was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, an influential artistic movement that sought to revive the detail, vivid colors, and realism of early Renaissance art.
Millais was born in Southampton, England, on June 8, 1829. In 1855 he married Effie Gray, the former wife of art critic John Ruskin and a frequent model for his paintings. The couple had eight children together.
Widely recognized for his artistic achievements, Millais was created a baronet in 1885. He died in London on August 13, 1896, and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, in the area known as the Painters' Corner.
