Arnot Art Museum
235 Lake Street
Elmira, NY 14901
Elmira, NY 14901
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Museums page for Jean-Francois Millet ((1814 - 1875)), known for Bucolic-scene painting, rural peasant genre. Showing 8 museum collections and exhibitions.
Jean-Francois Millet MUSEUMS
1814 Gruchy, France - 1875 Barbizon, France. Known for: Bucolic-scene painting, rural peasant genre.
Jean Francois Millet was what Gustave Courbet pretended to be: the son of peasants. Born in 1814, at Gruchy near Cherbourg, he spent most of his life in rural France. He received his first... Read full biography
Jean Francois Millet was what Gustave Courbet pretended to be: the son of peasants. Born in 1814, at Gruchy near Cherbourg, he spent most of his life in rural France. He received his first instruction in art from Langlois at Cherbourg in 1832. His aptitude was so obvious that he was granted a... Read full biography
Jean Francois Millet was what Gustave Courbet pretended to be: the son of peasants. Born in 1814, at Gruchy near Cherbourg, he spent most of his life in rural France. He received his first instruction in art from Langlois at Cherbourg in 1832. His aptitude was so obvious that he was granted a pension by the Municipal Council to enable him to study art in Paris. In 1837, he joined the Parisian studio of Delaroche where Diaz and Rousseau were his fellow pupils. He first exhibited at the Salon in... Read full biography
Jean Francois Millet was what Gustave Courbet pretended to be: the son of peasants. Born in 1814, at Gruchy near Cherbourg, he spent most of his life in rural France. He received his first instruction in art from Langlois at Cherbourg in 1832. His aptitude was so obvious that he was granted a pension by the Municipal Council to enable him to study art in Paris. In 1837, he joined the Parisian studio of Delaroche where Diaz and Rousseau were his fellow pupils. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1840. He was able to perceive the land and the labor it exacted from men as substance and process, not as a sight for city-dwelling impressionists on an outing. For some time he earned a living painting portraits in Cherbourg where he had returned.... Read full biography
Jean Francois Millet was what Gustave Courbet pretended to be: the son of peasants. Born in 1814, at Gruchy near Cherbourg, he spent most of his life in rural France. He received his first instruction in art from Langlois at Cherbourg in 1832. His aptitude was so obvious that he was granted a pension by the Municipal Council to enable him to study art in Paris. In 1837, he joined the Parisian studio of Delaroche where Diaz and Rousseau were his fellow pupils. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1840. He was able to perceive the land and the labor it exacted from men as substance and process, not as a sight for city-dwelling impressionists on an outing. For some time he earned a living painting portraits in Cherbourg where he had returned. In 1845 he was in Paris once more; he devoted himself entirely to peasant and figure paint... Read full biography
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About Jean-Francois Millet: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsCanton Museum of Art
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Port Huron Museum
1115 6th Street
Port Huron, MI 48060Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA)
Altoona Facility (Brett Building)
1210 11th Ave
Altoona, PA 16601The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association
9625 S. Longwood Drive (Ridge Park)
Chicago, IL 60643Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423