The Blind Girl

"The Blind Girl" is a painting by Sir John Everett Millais, a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This group of British artists formed in 1848, reacting against the perceived artificiality of contemporary art and seeking sincerity and moral seriousness in their work. They were inspired by 14th and 15th-century Italian art, before the time of Raphael. Millais's "The Blind Girl," painted in 1856, is noted for its Victorian sentiment and technical skill. The painting features a juxtaposition of a sightless girl with the visual splendor of a rainbow, exemplifying Millais's exploration of paradoxes in his work during the 1850s.123