
Catalogue
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- oil paint
- Artist
- Jean-François Millet
Artist

Jean-François Millet
Painting
Jean-François Millet was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. Toward the end of his career, he became increasingly interested in painting pure landscapes. He is known best for his oil paintings but is also noted for his pastels, Conté crayon drawings, and etchings.
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- Jean-François Millet
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- oil paint
- Watts ID
- WW-1871-541607
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