Oil Paint
Oil paint is a slow-drying medium made from pigments in drying oil, suitable for blending, layering, and textured brushwork.
Painter
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet was a French Realist painter associated with Barbizon, best known for paintings of agricultural workers and rural life.
Jean-François Millet quick facts
Key details about Jean-François Millet's painting materials, methods, subjects, and role in nineteenth-century French Realism.
| Born | 1814 · Gruchy, Normandy, France |
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| Died | 1875 · Barbizon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Movement | Realism |
| Paint types | Oil Paint · Watercolor Paint |
| Painting surfaces | Canvas · Paper |
| Painting methods | Oil painting with carefully observed figures; watercolor and ink washes over graphite on paper |
| Common subjects | Peasant labor, gleaners, sowers, rural families, fields, and landscape |
| Notable works | The Gleaners, The Angelus, and The Sower |
Sources: Musée d'Orsay: The Gleaners, The Met: Garden Scene, The Met: Works on paper.
Paint types used
Jean-François Millet worked with the following documented painting media.
Watercolor Paint
Watercolor is a water-based medium that uses transparent pigments and washes, usually painted on paper.
Surface types used
These supports are documented in Jean-François Millet's work.
Similar painters
Other painters associated with nineteenth-century French Realism.
Gustave Courbet
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Honoré Daumier
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