Jean-François Millet

French · 1814–1875

French Realism

Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.

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Who Jean-François Millet was

Jean-François Millet was a French painter 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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