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Jean-François Millet Quotes

1814–1875 France

Francois Millet, (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers like in his well-known painting The Gleaners.

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Also known as: Millet

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What do I care? 'I don't come here [studying with the Paris' artist & teacher Paul Delaroche to please anybody. I come because there are antiques and models to teach me, that is all. Do I object to your figures, made of butter and honey [to Alfred Boisseau]?

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean-François Millet (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.