Jean-François Millet
French painter and founder of the Barbizon school, noted for realistic depictions of peasant farmers.
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He is known for iconic paintings such as The Sower, The Gleaners, and The Angelus.[1][2] Jean-François Millet, who came from a farming family in Normandy, moved to Barbizon in 1849 and focused his art on rural laborers.[3]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 4 October 1814
- Birthplace
- Gruchy, Gréville-Hague, Normandy, France
- Died
- 20 January 1875
- Place of death
- Barbizon, Île de France, France
- Field
- Painting
- Movement
- Realism
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Under two village priests, he learned Latin and modern authors, but soon had to help his father with farm work as the eldest son.[4][5] In 1850 he exhibited The Sower, his first major masterpiece.[1] Jean-Louis-Nicolas and Aimée-Henriette-Adélaïde Henry Millet, who were farmers in Gruchy, had their first child, Jean-François Millet.[4] In 1833, Millet's father arranged for him to study portrait painting in Cherbourg with Bon Du Mouchel; two years later, in 1835, his teacher became Théophile Langlois de Chèvreville.[6]
Millet passed away on 20 January 1875, having participated in a religious wedding ceremony with Catherine just over two weeks earlier, on 3 January 1875.[7]
What the cited sources add
The National Gallery, London exhibition Millet: Life on the Land marked the 150th anniversary of Millet's death and was drawn from loans around the United Kingdom.[3][8] The exhibition description notes that Millet put the poorest people of 19th-century France at the heart of his work.[3] Alfred Sensier's biography states that Millet was the eldest son and had to help his father with farm work.[9][5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Jean-François Millet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Murphy, p. xix.; Murphy, p.31. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-François Millet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Murphy, p. 103. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Millet: Life on the Land Exhibitions National Gallery, London", www.nationalgallery.org.uk. facts only, no text reused. nationalgallery.org.uk
- Wikipedia, "Jean-François Millet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Murphy, p.xix. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-François Millet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: his biographer Alfred Sensier, p. 34 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-François Millet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McPherson, H. (2003). Millet, Jean-François. Grove Art Online.; McPherson, H. (2003). Millet, Jean-François. Grove Art Online. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-François Millet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Murphy, p. xx. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Jean-François Millet" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Millet: Life on the Land Exhibitions National Gallery, London", www.nationalgallery.org.uk; Lewis, "'Millet: Life on the Land' Review: Peasants and Paintings", The Wall Street Journal (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- his biographer Alfred Sensier, p. 34. facts only, no text reused. archive.org
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