New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-21
LORD LEIGHTON'S SUCCEnoO"'
SIR JOHN E. MILLAIS ELECTED I'm
DENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
HE WAS THE FATHER OF THE PRE-RArhNrA-
TIE SCHOOL" AND WAS MADE b""
1885 on THE RECOMMENDATION
OLE MIR. GLADSTONE.

lS-o ON ihr-
OF MR. GLADSTONE.
London Feb 2o-Sir John +. Ma.s was s
unanimously elected president OF the ho'a' -,
envy 10 I'll the vacancy caused by the oe"'" -
Lord Leighton.
Sir John Everett Millas was born at Sou'.ii'"p.s"
in 1929 The family Of Mais has neil ioi
,uries a n,aca amone the lesser landlords in IN"
island OF Jersey, where the name doupuess
long prior to the Norman conquest oil E'S''' -
the early age Of nine he began his art ei"e
Mr.. Sass academy. and two years later ' 49,,
a student a: the Royal Academy where ne So
the principal prizes for drawing lie ga'ieu MS
frs, medal At the Society Of Arts wneh o's ~
"P.zarro Selling the Inca of Peru MS W., ,,o~a
hbited picture was at the Academy In lSio loio"eu
by "Dunstans Em.ssaries Selling queen T's'r"'
and a colossal cartoon at the Nes'hiiN''' 49,
competition, The Widows Mite In loi'' anu ~
picture of The Tribe of benjamin Selzi's '
Daughters of Shiloh the British Institute" :"
1913 Keatss Isabella" was the subject OF Ms p'"-
Gil in 1919 ,t
While a student in the Academys schoo''' ''''
tastes had tact,y rebelled against the rouu"' ,'
ventions Of academic teaching and. strengthened -.
that feeling by such specimens Of carry l'a''"m VI
as fell in their way. he and his frehnS' "'''"'
Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rosetu' iVao''
to study nature as 1t appeared 70 them, ot rs II "P
peared in 1.-THE antique" These Views were "i'e'-
ward adopted by Charles Collins and other youlsei
painters who termed. half in jest ana nan :"
earnest, the Pre-Raphaee School.
For short time the artists tried TO enforce their
views by the pen we'll by the brush III Il
shortl lived periodical. The Germ; or. Art ana 81
~ which appeared in 1850 The principal "ol n,
executed by Miais under the influence OF ms Nv NV
convictions are mystical picture OF va" IN IS50
io%r and n Ferdinand h tGren y and arr The
mans Daughter' in 1851, and the "Huguenot an, hd
"Opheiia. in lS52 Mr. Ruskn came IN iSS ,o AZ NV
IL. IN
al freely expressed in letters TO me I tS, e
49, as well in pamphlet on ,pre-hni and
1s sIn,, ana in l h:s Lectures o" ''''''
Nlials was elected an associate OF the hoynI
Der 1863 He exhibited The order OF KeieaS' an,
The Prescribed Royalis' in sSs The n<s' and
Lnfant du Regiment IN 49,; "A Dream am OF u ,io
passr is Va al az re r'r and Spring towers
In 1860 THE Black Brunswcker in iSl ny r re-.
Sermon in 1863. My Second sermon and 90 har y,
Is Ny Darling in 1864, Joan OF Are ana ne NO
waking and 'Jephhah N 1901 Sisters Rosa,
and Of w Hs diploma 6 Eni
a Food. THE knight Errant" The BoyH9 Sni
OF RA!egh ami a Widows Mite" IN h", mn MI
/ October" Joshua Fighting with Amelek \ som,
nambulis:" and yes, or No." in ls7l. Flowing %
the River" ana Flowing to the Sea, in M Early
B S} Ers NsS Wint @ Fuel rnc Picture
of Health" The Northwest rassagc.' ST.. Tor a
OF the Moor" The Crown Of Love and NO n
1875 "FOrbdden Fruit" over the HIS am far
Away" and Getting Better In 1876. "A Woman,
~ the Guard" The Sound Of Many Wa'ers ana
Yes in 1877: The Princes IN tne Tower. a
Jersey Lily )Mrs. Langtry) a1t st Martin :
summer IN 1878 In lS1S VI ,lais also exhibited -
Good Resolve" In the Grosy' nor Gallery dnI y n
Bride ~ IammermOor' In King Street, : James g.
He exhibited al the Royal Academy The Tower
OF strength" and portrait OF Gladstone ~ ~. q
portrait OF himself ,rnnted by invitation tog IN"
collection o. portraits OF artists painted 10y thfm-
selves In The 'fizi Gallery. Florence cuckoo ana
q portrait OF Mr. Rrighi IN $50. portraits ot I4ln-
cipal Carl - u: cinderella" and portraits ~ me
Earl % Rcaconsneld and OF DF, Fraser. Bsh.2 u,
Manchester. IN ISL. portrait ~ cardinal N""rlhN
i'm is.9. Il ne Grando Dame" The Grey Lady. A
p,rtgai: n the Marquis u salisbury. and Forget
Ne-Noi." In Is, large number % thee. a. well
- some iat-r pictures. were brought together ID
thc exhibition ~ The artists WORK held a. TIE
Grlsvenor Gallery in the early months ~ NJ
MERCY" Lilac ana portrait % Lord ROs'N'fy
ver. ms chief pictures IN lssI In lrs ne cNhlhtcl
In tho Royal Academy The Moon II Up, ana lci l.
l. Not Night" ans portraits Of "Ihr ks4t II" ~.
X T. Gladstone and his Grandson Ia lsti H. ~
hood of saint Theresa" hut showed nothing IN l'f
lie was decorated with the ribbon ~ The Legion oi
Honor In ls7s. In isl he VAS appointed trustee "
Nh. National Portrait Gallery. IN the place ~ tae
lar. Dear stanley. and IN ~ be- was e.r tel For
elyn Associate Of III" Achdcmi" drs tcAuf Afis. IN
Itr. o. the Italian sculptor. bupre In ~ he vas
,naic a baronr; tho recommendation oi NJ. Pihi
e.,ue the portrait 81 whom IS considered one -
Miiiais's hncsi Efforts. sir John T. Mhiis marie
Eurhern.t Chalmers. daughter OF Grors" Gray, zap
Of ilowcrsH ell Perrin.