Millet Jean-Francois

The sower Millet, it seems, is a very dark man. His wide stride and free swing of his hand are explained only by his poverty and hard work. His face

Boundless plowed field. Morning. You can hear the silence. We feel the infinity of earth and sky. Before us grows a young giant. He slowly walks, widely scattering gold –

The earth is beautiful, sad and lonely. “Spring” – Millet’s latest work. Full of life and love for nature, shining bright colors after the rain, it is finished shortly before

Almost all the work of the French artist Millet is dedicated to the peasants, their work. On his canvases, they are usually absorbed in daily work: grazing herds, spinning wool,

In the picture we see a group of women working in the field. Warm, dull colors of nature and muted blue colors of clothes, bright sky with soft clouds, simple

The artist liked to draw a nascent evening. This desire is clearly seen in the painting “Angelius”: the last rays of the setting sun warm the figures of the peasant

The painting depicts three peasant collecting remaining after harvest spikelets. In 1857, when the painting was shown at the Salon, farmers were seen as potentially dangerous, revolutionary force. By 1914