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John Ruskin
1853 - 1854
Oil on Canvas
This is a painting of the leading Victorian art critic John Ruskin (1819–1900). It was painted by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais during 1853–4. He was an early advocate of the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists and part of their success was due to his efforts.
The painting depicts Ruskin in front of a waterfall in Glenfinlas, Scotland. Ruskin and Millais spent the summer of 1853 together at Glenfinlas in the Trossachs. He was especially interested in the rock formations and undertook his own studies of these.
This is a painting of the leading Victorian art critic John Ruskin (1819–1900). It was painted by the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais during 1853–4. He was an early advocate of the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists and part of their success was due to his efforts.
The painting depicts Ruskin in front of a waterfall in Glenfinlas, Scotland. Ruskin and Millais spent the summer of 1853 together at Glenfinlas in the Trossachs. He was especially interested in the rock formations and undertook his own studies of these.
- License:
- Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
- For more:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin_%28painting%29
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Created by
John Everett Millais
Artist (United Kingdom)
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Ioanna Karantagli
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Millais found it very difficult to be in the same room as Ruskin when he was completing the work in London, calling it "the most hateful task I have ever had to perform".[4] As soon as the portrait was finished he broke off contact with Ruskin. Ruskin himself temporarily moved the portrait so that his father would not see it, since he was concerned that he would damage or destroy it.