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Jean-François MilletA peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die

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

Potato Planters

1861

Young Shepherdess

1870-1873

Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys

1872-1873

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

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

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

1796-1875

Jean-François Millet

A peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die

1814-1875

Théodore Rousseau

The blasted landscapes of bad luck

1812-1867

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

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

1796-1875

Édouard Manet

A rebellious painter shocks the French Salon and courts his brothers wife

1832-1883

José Tapiro y Baro

Painting in the shadow of your best friend

1836-1913
18011900
The inventor of the selfie
Robert Cornelius
The blasted landscapes of bad luck
Théodore Rousseau Jean-François Millet
A military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda
Ivan Aivazovsky
Status quo — what's that?
Gustave Courbet

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