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JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET French 1814-1875 Gouache

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JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET French 1814-1875 Gouache
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Gouache on paper, framed, featruing a fisherman scene, signed and attr. Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875) on the lower right corner. 7.5 x 9.3 in. (19 x 23.5 cm). French painter Jean-François Millet, whose humble manner of living stands in stark contrast to the impact his work had on many artists who succeeded him, saw Godliness and virtue in physical labor. Best known for his paintings of peasants toiling in rural landscapes, and the religious sub-texts that often accompanied them, he turned his back on the academic style of his early artistic education and co-founded the Barbizon school near Fontainbleau in Normandy, France with fellow artist Théodore Rousseau. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate