Francois Millet Paintings
Noted for his scenes of peasant farmers jean francois millet was a founder of the barbizon school of france a romantic movement in art and was a naturalistic realist painter.
Francois millet paintings. October 4 1814 january 20 1875 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. The blacksmith and his bride jean francois millet 1847 1848 the rock of castel vendon jean francois millet 1848 the winnower jean francois millet 1847 1848. The winnower c 1847 48 the winnower by jean françois millet.
The sower 1850 harvesters resting ruth and boaz 1853 gleaners 1857 the angelus 1858. In 1849 millet moved to barbizon where he painted many of his most famous works and with théodore rousseau jean baptiste camille corot and others founded the barbizon school of landscape painters. Guaranteed lowest price fast shipping free returns and custom framing options on all prints. Though the artist was considered a socialist revolutionary by much of the establishment millet s painting the winnower 1848 praised by one critic as possessing everything it takes to horrify the bourgeois sold at the paris salon in 1848.