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Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. He is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers. He can be categorized as part of the movement termed "naturalism", but also as part of the movement of "realism".Source Wikipedia
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Words cannot describe how much I love these paintings, Esther, - all of them. The countryside could just as easily have been an Irish or English one, and I'm sure even in his day Millet's work would have had wide appeal.
ReplyDeleteThe Angelus and The Sower are perhaps the most well known, but I'm so glad to see them all here on Fine Art Friday.
The Gleaners and The Angelus are two of my favorite paintings! Have a great weekend, Esther.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful paintings..I have The Angelus..Thanks for sharing some fine Arts with us Esther:).
ReplyDeleteWould you belive it is SO hot here! Like a hot summers day waaaaaaaaaaa:(( lol. Ah well I better get used to it...But I feel like doing nothing!..It's almost too hot to think..but then again that comes, naturally...did I just insult myself? LOL!
Lots of love to you hon:)
Marie xooxoxoxoxo
Esther,
ReplyDeleteI love Millet's work. The Angelus and The Gleaners area also my two favorites.
I have a small reproduction of the Angelus in my kitchen.
His works speaks of a simpler time yet of hard times too. The peasants of that day had to work grueling hours just to put food on the table.
My great-grandparents would be considered peasants. They immigrated from Yugoslavia and worked very hard just to provide food and shelter for their families. My grandmother was their daughter and was a strong woman. She recently died at 100 years old.
God Bless!
I'm so glad I picked an artist whose works are so well loved and appreciated.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ladies for your comments!
It's been a while, ES!
ReplyDeleteI agree with evann that the Gleaners and the Angelus are 2 of my faves.
I think we all have seen either one of these as children on up..no matter the religion.
I was over on your movie review links and was visiting Sr Rose from Pauline Books and Media.
She gave rave reviews to the book Secret Life of Bees , a novel I read a few years ago which a priest mentioned to me that I would enjoy, and I did.
Has anyone here seen the movie recently or read any Catholic reviews of it?
The blog is great as usual.
TTYL
teresa_anawim
Teresa, nice to have you visit. I haven't seen a Catholic review of that movie yet but I am hearing good things.
ReplyDeleteI have the Angelus hanging in my kitchen! It once hung in the home of my great-grandmother.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you have that treasure Charlotte!
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