Name Raoul Millais Children Hugh Millais Parents John Guille Millais | Spouse Elinor Clare Role Painter | |
Born 14 October 1901 ( 1901-10-14 ) Horsham, West Sussex, England Notable work Black and White Stallions Fighting, Wild Horses, Summer Morning, Greyskin Movement Sporting artist, equestrian artist Died November 24, 1999, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Artwork The Red Boat, Wild horses in a landscape Similar People John Everett Millais, John Guille Millais, Hugh Millais | ||
Hesketh Raoul Lejarderay Millais (1901–1999), usually known as Raoul or 'Liony' Millais was a portrait painter, equestrian artist and sportsman. He was the grandson of Sir John Everett Millais and the son of John Guille Millais and from them he inherited both his artistic talent and his love of animals and of hunting.
His father, John Guille Millais, was an artist, soldier, naturalist, hunter, writer and explorer. Raoul followed his father in each of these roles. He is best known for his equestrian paintings and for his Spanish work, created when he accompanied Ernest Hemingway. Like his contemporary, Alfred Munnings, Millais was an opponent of Modernism in art, which he called "the Picasso lark".
He died in 1999 in his 99th year in Oxfordshire, England
He married Elinor Claire (d. 1953), daughter of late Allan Ronald Macdonell, of Montreal, and had two sons, John and Hugh. He married secondly Kay Prior Palmer with whom he had a third son, Hesketh Merlin.
