Painting #066 - J-F Millet

Jean-François Millet 

(1814–1875, French)

Self-portrait printed in
《Jean-François Millet, peasant and painter》 
Authors: Sensier, Alfred (1815-1877)
Publisher: London Macmillan and Co. (1880s)

Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.

The Gleaners  

- Millet

- oil on canvas (84 × 112 cm) 1857

- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

 The Gleaners

The Angelus  

- Millet

- oil on canvas (56 × 66 cm) 1857-59

- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

The painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field over a basket of potatoes to say a prayer, the Angelus, that together with the ringing of the bell from the church on the horizon marks the end of a day's work.

 The Angelus

The Sower
- Millet
- oil on canvas (102 × 83 cm) 1850
- Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)

The Winnower
- Millet
- oil on canvas (100.5 × 71 cm) 1847-48
- National Gallery (London)

Peasant Women with Brushwood
- Millet
- oil on canvas (37.5 × 29.5 cm) c.1858
- Hermitage (Saint Petersburg)

Shepherdess with her Flock
- Millet
- oil on canvas (81 x 101 cm) c.1863
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

The Goose Girl
- Millet
- oil on canvas (38 x 46.5 cm) c.1863
- Walters Art Museum (Baltimore)

The Plain of Chailly with Harrow and Plough
- Millet
- oil on canvas (60 x 74 cm) 1862
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere (Vienna)

Spring
- Millet
- oil on canvas (86 x 111 cm) 1868-73
- Musée d'Orsay (Paris)

Portrait of Pauline Ono in morning dress
- Millet
 - oil on canvas (100 x 81 cm) 1843-44
- Musée Thomas-Henry (Cherbourg-Octeville)

Millet's first wife, died of consumption after half a year of marriage.

Maternal Precaution
- Millet
- oil on panel (29 x 20.5 cm) c.1855-57
- Louvre Museum (Paris) 

Woman Sewing by Lamplight
- Millet
- oil on canvas (100 x 82 cm) 1870-72
- The Frick Collection (private, NYC)

Bustes de Théodore Rousseau
et de Jean-François Millet à Barbizon
- Henri Chapu (1833-1891, French) 
- bronze, 1884

The lodge they stayed at Barbizon,
which is now a museum and a lodge.

At Barbizon, Millet started painting farm works, which brought him fame.

Source: Wikipedia