Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75)

Creator details

Name
Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75)
Nationality
French
Biography
Jean-Francois Millet (b.1814 d.1875) was a French artist known for his paintings of peasant farmers. Millet was one of the founders of the Barbizon school, who played a huge role in establishing realism in French landscape painting. Millet primarily focused on depicting rural labourers in the area around Barbizon. His work can be considered as part of the realist movement.

Assets (274 in total)

The Gleaners, 1857 (oil on canvas)
The Angelus, 1857-59 (oil on canvas)
Shepherdess with her Flock, 1863 (oil on canvas)
Feeding the Young, 1850 (oil on canvas)
The Sower, 1850 (oil on canvas)
Spring at Barbizon, 1868-73 (oil on canvas)
The gleaners, 1857 (oil on canvas)
The Potato Harvest, 1855 (oil on canvas)
The Gust of Wind, 1871-73 (oil on canvas)
Starry Night, c.1850-65 (oil on canvas)
Woman Spinning, c.1855-60 (oil on panel)
The Goose Girl at Gruchy, 1854-56 (oil on canvas)

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