“Spring (Daphnis and Chloë)” was painted in 1865. [[artist:2357|Jean-François Millet]] painted it as one of four decorative paintings of the seasons commissioned for a house in Paris. In “Spring (Daphnis and Chloë)” two young lovers sit under blossoming trees. The two lean towa…
Read the story →
“Starry Night” was painted in 1850–1865. [[artist:2357|Jean-François Millet]] worked on it on and off for many years. It is one of his few paintings in which the main character is the night sky. In “Starry Night” we see a dark field and a few trees on the horizon. Above them st…
Read the story →
“Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz)” was painted in 1850–1853. [[artist:2357|Jean-François Millet]] worked on it for a long time and made many drawings. The painting received a medal at the Salon in 1853. In “Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz)” a group of harvesters rest and ea…
Read the story →
“Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields” was painted in 1864. [[artist:2357|Jean-François Millet]] shows an ordinary scene from country life: a calf has been born in the field, and two men carry it home. In “Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields” two peasan…
Read the story →
“A Woman Baking Bread” was painted in 1854. [[artist:2357|Jean-François Millet]] often painted the women of Barbizon busy with household work. In “A Woman Baking Bread” a peasant woman leans towards the opening of a large stone oven. With a long wooden peel she pushes the bread…
Read the story →
“Young Ladies of the Village” was painted in 1851–1852. The three sisters of [[artist:713|Gustave Courbet]] – Zoé, Zélie and Juliette – posed for it. In “Young Ladies of the Village” three young women in dresses and hats walk in a grassy valley near Ornans. One of them hands so…
Read the story →
“Young Ladies Beside the Seine” was painted in 1856–1857. [[artist:713|Gustave Courbet]] showed it at the Salon of 1857, and once again it caused a scandal. In “Young Ladies Beside the Seine” two young women rest on the grass under the trees on a hot summer day. The first lies …
Read the story →
“The Stone Breakers” was painted in 1849. In November [[artist:713|Gustave Courbet]] saw two men breaking stones by the road and invited them to his studio the very next morning. In “The Stone Breakers” an old man kneels and strikes the stones with a hammer. Beside him a boy ca…
Read the story →
“The Wheat Sifters” was painted in 1854. It is thought that the models are the sisters of [[artist:713|Gustave Courbet]] – Zoé and Juliette. In “The Wheat Sifters” a young woman in a red skirt kneels on a cloth spread on the floor. She raises a large sieve with both hands and s…
Read the story →
“The Cliff at Étretat after a Storm” was painted in 1870. In the summer of 1869 [[artist:713|Gustave Courbet]] lived in Étretat, in Normandy, in a house right next to the huge white cliffs. In “The Cliff at Étretat after a Storm” the white cliff with its famous arch into the se…
Read the story →