. Jean-François Millet, peasant and painter;. on her shoulder, of whichwe give the sketch. * In a letter of December 12, 1871, Millet tells Sensier that themuseum of Lille has acquired one of his pictures — A WomanFeeding her Children. [See letter to Thore.] This family scene isone of a series of paintings and drawings which Millet consecratesto children, their charming awkwardness, their delightful greediness,the faltering of their first steps, and their sleep, like the sleep offlowers. Millet had had nine children ; the time was soon comingwhen he would be a grandfather; he never lacked mode
. Jean-François Millet, peasant and painter;. on her shoulder, of whichwe give the sketch. * In a letter of December 12, 1871, Millet tells Sensier that themuseum of Lille has acquired one of his pictures — A WomanFeeding her Children. [See letter to Thore.] This family scene isone of a series of paintings and drawings which Millet consecratesto children, their charming awkwardness, their delightful greediness,the faltering of their first steps, and their sleep, like the sleep offlowers. Millet had had nine children ; the time was soon comingwhen he would be a grandfather; he never lacked models. Healways loved to draw or paint children, from the hour of their birthuntil they grow tall, and begin to learn to read. To this inspirationwe owe many of the drawings so much admired in the collection ofM. Gavet: Evening, The Sick Child, Little Goose-girl,The First Steps. Millet spoke with a tenderness unknown tounmarried men of home, children, and the domestic hearth. * A milk-carrier of very different design was engraved by XIII. Millets Last Years. WE have now come to the last years of Millet. He will neverleave Barbizon again. His circumstances are improved ; hehas no longer to wait for orders, and when his pictures appear atsales they bring higher and higher prices. Criticism is disarmed,if not convinced. Millet seems to have reached the goal; but,unhappily, his health is more and more affected. His stern will isno longer an absolute monarch, and often work becomes difficult. Barbizon, 8th January, 1872. Dear Sensier: We are very much distressed that you should haveonly illness to console you for sorrow. If, as some Christians believe, Godchastens those whom He loves, and gives them a high place above there, youmust have a very glorious seat in Paradise. M. Durand-Ruel asks for pictures of all sizes. * * * An American gentleman and lady, M. and Mine. Shaw, of , lately, to ask me for a picture. I must paint them one. They choseamong my drawings T
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