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Jean-François Millet was a French realist painter. In his first creative years, he mainly created portraits and mythological scenes, which met with little approval despite their sensitive use of colour and light, which was typical of the period. He turned to motifs of the peasant working world, for which he finally found an enthusiastic audience in republican circles. His realistic paintings, with their muted colours and rustic flair, appear particularly harmonious as wood prints.
Jean-François Millet was a French realist painter. In his first creative years, he mainly created portraits and mythological scenes, which met with little approval despite their sensitive use of colour and light, which was typical of the period. He turned to motifs of the peasant working world, for which he finally found an enthusiastic audience in republican circles. His realistic paintings, with their muted colours and rustic flair, appear particularly harmonious as wood prints.
