Vanessa (Millais painting) Vanessa (Millais painting) Vanessa (1868) is a painting by John Everett Millais in Sudley House, Liverpool. It is a fancy portrait depicting Jonathan Swift's close friend and correspondent Esther Vanhomrigh (1688-1723), who was known by that nickname, which Swift himself invented for her. "Vanessa" represents a major departure in Millais's art because he abandons fully for the first time the detailed finish that was still to be seen in "Waking" and "Sleeping", exhibited in the previous year. Influenced by the work of Diego Velázquez and Joshua Reynolds, Millais paints with dramatic, visible brush strokes in vivid colours, creating what has
Vanessa Bruno and simple pastel clothing. Bruno organized her collection into different themes including ballet outfits for her Autumn/Winter 2010 collection. http://bioutibox.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/portrait-vanessa-bruno.jpg Vanessa Bruno Vanessa Bruno is a Parisian clothing designer. Before launching her first clothing brand in 1996, Vanessa worked as a model, singer and actress. She had collaborated with designer/filmmaker Stephanie Di Giusto in designing clothes for short films, including the short film "A Visual Poetry", starring Kate Bosworth in a video entitled ""LØV"", which was modelled around the ""S-LØV-enian"" lake Bled and local Lipizzaner breeds of horses, as part of Vanessa’s Fall 2011 Nordic-themed campaign. Vanessa began her fashion