Jean François Millet: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures, and a Portrait of the Painter, With Introduction and Interpretation
Jean François Millet: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures, and a Portrait of the Painter, With Introduction and Interpretation
by Estelle May Hurll
13 Nov, 2018
In making a selection of Millet's pictures, devoted as they are to the single theme of French peasant life, variety of subject can be obtained only by showing as many phases of that life as possible. Our illustrations therefore represent both men and
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In making a selection of Millet's pictures, devoted as they are to the single theme of French peasant life, variety of subject can be obtained only by showing as many phases of that life as possible. Our illustrations therefore represent both men and women working separately in the tasks peculiar to each, and working together in the labors shared between them. There are in addition a few pictures of child life.
The selections include a study of the field, the dooryard, and the home interior, and range from the happiest to the most sombre subjects. They show also considerable variety in artistic motive and composition, and taken together fairly represent the scope of Millet's work. Less