Millet artist painting the angelus

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When this French artist moved from Paris to the countryside just south of Paris, he became the founding father of a group of artists now known as the Barbizon School.

Jean-François Millet () produced some of the most iconic Realism paintings during the s, mainly focusing on peasants and their hard life in the field.

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at some of the most interesting facts about The Angelus by Millet, an important painting by the artist for multiple reasons.

1. It was completed shortly after Millet finished his best-recognized work

The Angelus is a famous painting by French Realism artist Jean-François Millet. He was the founding father of the Barbizon School of painting after he moved there in

He grew up in the Normandy Region of France and was accustomed to hard labor in the field. He never lost touch with his roots so to speak, even though he lived in Paris for extended periods.

Struggling to find his true identity as an artist and after a failed attempt to get his work exhibited at the Paris Salon, he decided to start drawing inspiration from real life.

Peasants in the area of Barbizon be

Millet and the Angelus
How a painting of potato farmers became the most expensive modern painting in the world

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INtroduction

The nineteenth century painting The Angelus, by Jean-François Millet, is known throughout the world, and is one of the most famous paintings in its native France. Reproductions of it hang on the walls of tens of thousands of French homes, schools and churches, and appear on items as varied as postcards and coffee cups. Yet, on its face, it just looks like an attractive, rural painting. It’s set on a vast open field, with a brilliant sunset sky, while a working man and woman stand quietly in the foreground, their faces obscured, heads bowed, a basket of potatoes at their feet. A glance at the title – The Angelus -- tells us that they are performing their daily prayer.

So, what is there about this work that could lead to its becoming the most expensive modern painting in the world? To a patriotic fervour, to an at

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Artist(s)

Millet Jean-François

auteur

Gréville-Hague, Manche (50) (France) - Barbizon, Seine-et-Marne (77) (France)

Date

entre et [Commandé par Thomas Gold Appleton vers , qui n&#;en prend pas livraison.]

Others accession number

Accession number

Description

huile sur toile

Dimensions

H. 55,5 ; L. 66,0 cm.

Inscription(s)

S.b.d. : J.F. Millet

Place of conservation

musée d&#;Orsay

  • en , dans la collection Papeleu

  • en , dans la collection Alfred Stevens

  • à partir de , dans la collection Van Praët, Bruxelles

  • à partir de , dans la collection Paul Tesse (il l&#;échange contre "La grande bergère", RF )

  • à partir de , dans la collection Emile Gavet, Paris

  • 3 février , acheté par Paul Durand-Ruel à Gavet pour 30 francs (stock n° )

  • 8 juillet , acheté par Gauchez à Paul Durand-Ruel pour 38 francs

  • collection John Waterloo Wilson

  • jusqu&#;en , dans la collection Secrétan

  • , vente Secrétan, Paris, galerie Sedelmeyer, 1er juillet , n°63

  • de à , dans la collection American Art Association (acquis à la vente Secrétan à Paris du 1er juillet)

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    The Angelus

    Jean-Francois Millet

    The Angelus

    Jean-Francois Millet

    Millet had originally created this work for an American, Thomas Gold Appleton, who failed to take possession of the piece. Millet later changed the painting to include a steeple in the background and change the name from Prayer for the Potato Crop to The Angelus. The painting changed hands many times, ending with a bidding war between France and America. The painting has also been a source of speculation, due to Salvador Dali’s insistence that the figures are actually praying over their deceased child. Dali was so insistent that the painting was eventually x-rayed, revealing a shape that looked like a small coffin, indicating that Dali may have been right, and that Millet may have originally created the painting with the couple mourning over their small child’s coffin.

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    The Angelus (L'Ang&#;lus) is an oil painting by French painter Jean-Fran&#;ois Millet, completed between and

    The painting depicts two peasants bowing in a field over a basket of potatoes to say a prayer, the Angelus, that together with the ringing of the bell from the church on the horizon marks the end of a day's work.

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