Jean-François Millet
See also: Millet
Jean-François Millet (October 4th 1814 - January 20th 1875) is a painter, pastellist, engraver and draftsman of the 19th century, one of the founders of the school of Barbizon. It is particularly famous for its pastoral scenes and of the Paysan nery.
Biography
Millet is born, Aîné of an large family, in Gruchy, hamlet of the commune of Gréville, in the peninsula of the La Hague, in Normandy. Wire of peasants, shepherd in his childhood and later plowman, it is however high in an enlightened environment. In particular thanks to his uncle, priest well-read man, it reads the Bible, but also Montaigne, the Fountain, Homère and Virgile, Shakespeare and Milton, Chateaubriand and Hugo.He works in the family farm until the 20 years age, then, gifted in drawing, he is sent to Cherbourg by his father, thanks to relations in the local middle-class, to learn the trade from painter near Paul Dumouchel and from Langlois de Chèvreville. At that time, the Musée Thomas-Henry opens, and Millet is exerted by copying the fabrics of Masters and is initiated there with the Dutch and Spanish Masters.
The municipal council of Cherbourg and the General advice of the English Channel grant then a pension to him so that it can continue his training in Paris. It settles in 1837 and studies there at the school of the Art schools starting from March 27th
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