Jean Francois Millet
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 301 years ago |
Date of birth | January 1,1666 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Paris |
France | |
Date of died | April 17,1723 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
On view | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
The Frick Pittsburgh | |
National Gallery of Art | |
Known for | Painting |
Parents | Jean-Louis-Nicolas |
Francisque Millet | |
Job | Painter |
Visual Artist | |
Education | Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts |
Period by artworks | Realism |
Barbizon school | |
Spouse | Catherine Lemaire |
Pauline-Virginie Ono | |
Works | The Gleaners |
The Angelus | |
The Sower | |
The Man with the Hoe | |
Nationality | French |
Periods | Realism |
Barbizon School | |
Children | Marie-Rosalie Millet |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2214479 |
Jean Francois Millet Life story
Jean-François Millet was a French artist 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.