The Gleaners by Millet, is one of the most popular pictures of the master and is considered by many to be his masterpiece.
Jean Francois Millet (1814–1875) was a French painter, who belonged to the naturalism and realism movements. One of the founders of the Barbizon School in rural France, he is best known for his paintings of peasant farmers. Among his best known works are The Wood Cutter, The Gleaners, The Angelus, and The Harvester. This painting, titled The Gleaners, is housed in the Louvre. It is one of the most popular pictures of the master, and is considered by many to be his masterpiece. We know that this work involved an unusually large amount of thought and work on the art of the artist. Separate studies exist of all the figures in many different poses. Not the least wonderful part of the background, with its crowd of harvesters, enveloped in the golden sunlight of a warm summer afternoon. The Gleaners is one of the best preserved of the large canvases of Millet.
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