One of his most famous paintings, Bubbles, was used to promote Pears soap. Millais became one of the most respected painters of his era. His importance as an artist was confirmed on December 18 ...

The early works of Millais encapsulated the brief moment in English art when Realism emerged out ... and the little boy blowing soap bubbles in Bubbles (1886) can't be bridged.

Bubbles, which was bought by A and F Pears and was featured in advertisements for their soap. Tom Taylor, to whom Millais gave the painting, was a barrister, journalist, author, playwright and ...

Sir John Everett Millais, Baronet ... is as nasty a pastiche of Velázquez as one might find in an art gallery in Zagreb, and his Bubbles could be there too, but as a Christ Child by Murillo.

One of those campaigners is Fiona Cameron, whose great-grandfather was the little boy featured in Millais's painting Bubbles. Willie James, then four, was Millais's own grandson. She lives and ...

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether John Everett Millais’s total sales are going up, ...

A painting that has been hanging on the walls of a Black Country museum for more than 80 years has been revealed to be an authentic Millais and worth up to £100,000. Published Oct 27, 2012 When ...

It is thought The Somnambulist by the Victorian artist John Everett Millais could fetch £100,000. The council is selling off 35 paintings to fund the restoration and preservation of its fine art ...

In the painting, Millais has translated Shakespeare’s language—and Ophelia’s offstage death—into a vivid, psychologically charged image. The lovelorn noblewoman, distressed by the death ...