Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet was born on the 4th of October, 1814 , and died on  the 20th of January 1875. Millet was a French painter, and often portraid scenes of poor pesent farmers and workers in France. His work is usually classed as part of the Realism art movement. As in the style of the Realism movement, his work is very real and raw, showing all aspects of life, especially the hard and gritty areas of life being a poor worker. He uses a very neutral, subtle colour pallet, representing a dull, hard time.