Jean-Francois Millet: 70+ Realist Paintings - Realism

JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET Art Book contains 70+ Reproductions of Realist portraits and genre scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: October 4,1814 in Gruchy, Gréville-Hague, Normandy.
DIED: January 20, 1875 in Barbizon, France.

MOVEMENT: Realism

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ In Cherbourg, France Millet studied under Paul Dumouchel and Lucien-Théophile Langlois. In 1837, he moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Paul Delaroche.
§ Millet’s first wife, Pauline Ono, died of consumption in 1843. Ten years later, he married Catherine Lemaire and they had nine children together.
§ In 1849, Millet moved to Barbizon where he lived his remaining years and painted his most famous works.
§ Millet won the Exposition Universelle medal in 1867 and the Légion d'Honneur in 1868.

NOTABLE WORKS:
The Gleaners, The Angelus, and The Sower.