Jean-François Millet
Painting, Visual Artist
1814 – 1875
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Who was Jean-François Millet?
Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1814
Gréville-Hague - Also known as
- Jean-Francois Millet
- Jean-François Millet
- Jean Franois Millet
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
- Lived in
- Lower Normandy
- Paris
- Died
- Jan 20, 1875
Barbizon
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on July 23, 2013
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