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Jean-François Millet

Portrait of Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet was a French artist born on October 4, 1814. Millet contributed to the Barbizon School and Realist movements and died on January 20, 1875. Get notified when Jean-François Millet's biography is complete:

Retreat from the Storm

1846

The Sower

1850

The Gleaners

1857

Woman with a Rake

1856-1857

The Angelus

1857-1859

The Sheepfold, Moonlight

1856-1860

Potato Planters

1861

Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys

1872-1873

Young Shepherdess

1870-1873

Bird’s-Nesters

1874

Haystacks: Autumn

1874

I remember being awakened one morning by voices in the room where I slept.

Memories of Childhood in Gréville-Hague

1881

Suddenly an immense wave rose up like a raging mountain, caught the vessel and carried it towards the beach.

The Shipwrecks

1881
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Nudes teach you everything you need to know (to paint landscapes)

1796-1875

Théodore Rousseau

The blasted landscapes of bad luck

1812-1867
Portrait of Anna Ancher

Anna Ancher

Quiet portraits of daily life

1859-1935
Portrait of Ivana Kobilca

Ivana Kobilca

“I wanted to see everything in the world”

1861-1926

Marianne Stokes

1855-1927
18011900
The art of seeing
Charles Darwin
The blasted landscapes of bad luck
Théodore Rousseau Jean-François Millet
Julia Margaret Cameron
A military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda
Ivan Aivazovsky

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