Raoul Millais

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Raoul Millais (1901-1999) was a portrait painter, equestrian artist and sportsman. He was the grandson of Sir John Everett Millais. From his father and grandfather 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.^[1] Like his friend Alfred Munnings, Millais was an opponent of Modernism in art, which he called "the Picasso lark".^[2]