Portrait of the artist: A hike in Glen Finglas

"If you've just had a bad week at the office, then spare a thought for 19th-century artist John Everett Millais whose famous painting of the art critic and social commentator John Ruskin is now being celebrated by a new trail in the Trossachs. In 1853 John Ruskin had commissioned Millais to paint a combined landscape and portraiture that they envisaged would revolutionise British art - but Ruskin proved a hard taskmaster."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  Scotsman
On:  09/12/11
Website:  http://living.scotsman.com

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