Friday, December 16, 2022

Jean-François Millet
(1814 - 1875)
 
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. He is known best for his oil paintings but is also noted for his pastels, conte crayon drawings, and etchings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-François_Millet


The Sheepfold, Moonlight
From 1856 until 1860
Oil on panel
45,3 x 63,4 cm
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/24760/the-sheepfold-moonlight-2/

I posted this one before: 
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22113147-art-lovers---picture-of-the-day---december-2021-moonlight#comment_242321014

So why not a second one by Millet:


Shepherdess with her Flock
1864
Oil on canvas
81 x 101 cm
Musée d’Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/bergere-avec-son-troupeau-341

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