Jean-François Millet
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Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Rea
Portrait by Nadar, c. 1856–1858
The Sheepfold. In this painting by Millet, the waning Moon throws a mysterious light across the plain between the villages of Barbizon and Chailly. The Walters Art Museum.
Woman Baking Bread, 1854. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo.
Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1850–1853)
Nadar
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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known by the pseudonym Nadar or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist who was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1
Jean-François Millet
…Jean-François Millet Portrait by Nadar, c. 1856–1858 Born Jean-François Millet 4 October 1814 Gruchy, Gréville-Hague, Normandy, France Died 20 January 1875 (aged 60) Barbizon, Île de France…
Self-portrait, c. 1860
Nadar's studio at 35 Boulevard des Capucines in 1860
Studio portrait of Nadar in a balloon basket, c. 1863
Nadar élevant la Photographie à la hauteur de l'Art ("Nadar elevating Photography to Art"). Lithograph by Honoré Daumier.