Spring
1868-1873
As many of the artists involved in Realism, Millet had a profound impact on many succeeding painters, most markedly van Gogh and Monet. Mark Twain even created a fictional account of Millet, a play named Is He Dead?, in which Millet fakes his own death in an attempt to increase his pieces' prices. The paintings of Millet are notable for their sombre tones, creating the perception, at least in my mind, that Millet was living in a perpetual dusk. Otherwise, his pieces have a certain smoothness of character that is nearly, but not quite Impressionistic.
The Two Bathers
1848
Norman Milkmaid at Gréville
1871
Woman Sewing by Lamplight
1870-1872
Offering to Pan
1845
