Effie Gray

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Millais: Effie Gray, watercolor, 1853

Euphemia Chalmers Gray (born May 7, 1828 in Perth , † December 23, 1896 in Bowerswell ) was a British painter .

Life

Euphemia, called Effie , was the daughter of the Scottish lawyer George Gray and his wife Anne Chalmers. She grew up in Bowerswell. On April 10, 1848, Effie Gray married the art writer John Ruskin (1819–1900) in Perth . Her parents did not attend the wedding. She was introduced to London society by Ruskin and accompanied him to Italy and France , where she met some artists from the Pre-Raphaelite circle . In 1853 John Everett Millais (1829–1896) portrayed John Ruskin in their London townhouse; It was during this time that Effie Gray and Millais fell in love. After Effie had left her husband Ruskin and the marriage had been annulled because of non-execution , she and John married on July 3, 1855. The relationship resulted in eight children, Everett (* 1856), George (* 1857), Effie (* 1858 ), Mary (* 1860), Alice (* 1862), Geoffroy (* 1863), John (* 1865) and Sophie (* 1868).

Over the next few years, her husband, John, rose to be the most sought-after Victorian artist. Lady Effie Millais died in Bowerswell on December 23, 1896, almost blind, of complications from pneumonia and was buried in the Perth cemetery.

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  • In 1841 John Ruskin wrote the fairy tale "The King of the Golden River" published in 1851 for his future wife.

literature

  • John Guille Millais: The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais (1899)
  • William James: John Ruskin and Effie Gray: The Story of a Marriage , Kessinger Pub Co (2007) ISBN 1-4325-5584-7
  • William James: The Order of Release: The Story of John Ruskin, Effie Gray and John Everett Millais , Richard West (1973) ISBN 0-8274-0295-3

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personal data
SURNAME Gray, Effie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gray, Euphemia Chalmers; Ruskin, Effie; Millais, Lady Effie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1896
Place of death Bowerswell