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The life of the French painter Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) was a very legendary life, and many of his experiences became the label of future generations of painters.
The first half of his life was spent in Paris, doing nothing (the return of the migrant painter Miller), running around for his life. Then settled in the suburbs of Paris, returning himself to reality and allowing the peasants to become the subjects of painting. This profoundly changed the visual trend of Western oil painting, so that oil painting was no longer the exclusive property of the nobility, but also influenced a large number of later generations of artists such as Van Gogh.
A suburb of Paris – Barbizon. The place where the lost painters gather, in Paris, far away from the hustle and bustle, produces an incomparably large number of excellent paintings.
If Miller, compromise with the world. He did not go to Barbizon, and like many Parisian painters of his time, he pleased capital, pleased the powerful, and painted paintings that won over the visual trends of the time. The history of world art will not have a page of Miller. It is because he chooses to return to reality that the work has the power to span an entire era.
In Barbizon, Miller drew many sketches depicting peasant scenes.
These drawings created world-famous paintings such as "The Gleaner", "The Dustpan Valley", and "The Evening Bell" for him.
"Gleanher" ultra-high-definition appreciation
The Gleaner, 1857
Painting size: 83.5 × 110 cm
Three peasant women in coarse cloth dresses were bending over laboriously, searching for a little bit of wheat left in the harvested field. The painter did not do any beautification, and if we zoomed in on the picture, we could not see the peasant woman's face clearly. But the sanctity of labor, the spirit of wanting the land to produce grain first, is the best praise for the laborer. This painting, once exhibited, caused a huge reaction. People were amazed at how great ordinary labor was. The low horizon seems to be squeezing labor, allowing realist thinking to begin to fill the entire world of thought.
"Evening Bell" ultra-high-definition appreciation
"Evening Bell", painted in 1730
According to Western authoritative statistics, "The Evening Bell" is the most popular painting in the world, in the vast twilight, with the bells of the church in the distance, the peasant couple of geography bow their heads and pray. And the few potatoes that stay at your feet, and the flock of crows at the top right of the picture, make people fall into endless reverie. The prayers of this couple have become a portrayal of many people's hearts.
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The times are a trend, rushing forward, and there is no room for your left and right expectations and stagnant lying flat. Any era is a great era. We need to seriously return to ourselves and return to the truth, so that we can create the best works of this era.
(Miller HD Painting Appreciation)