Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon School in rural France.
Millet was an important source of inspiration for Van Gogh, particularly during his early period. Millet and his work are mentioned many times in Vincent's letters to his brother Theo. Millet's late landscapes would serve as influential points of reference to Monet's paintings of the coast of Normandy; his structural and symbolic content influenced Seurat's as well.View more of Millet's work in our 100 YEARS OF FRENCH PAINTING Book of Postcards:-
You will find examples of the traditional grand portraiture of Jacques-Louis David; the romantic bravura of Theodore Gericault; idealized descriptions of country living by Barbizon artists Jean-Francois Millet and Camille Corot; the social satire of Honore Daumier; brilliant and deceptively casual “snapshots” of everyday subjects by Edgar Degas; a voyeuristic look at an “exotic” culture by Jean-Leon Gerome; the cool academic representation of the ideal human form exemplified by William Bouguereau; experiments in new subjects and painting techniques developed by Impressionists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro; the radical approach to color and pattern of post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin; and more. These different artistic visions demonstrate the dramatic breadth of style and subject produced by nineteenth-century French artists.Thirty full-color oversized postcards (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.) in a handy bound collection.
ISBN 0-7649-3729-4.
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