Millet’s work focuses greatly on peasant labor and life, with special attention to the domestic work of women. He heroizes the rural laborer and their work of sowing, reaping, and gleaning the fields, ...

Like Van Gogh, he painted starry nights. Like Monet, he painted haystacks. And like Dali – well, let’s come back to this one. (A hint: A praying peasant later takes on an ominous air.) Jean-Francois ...

In the early 1920s, Jean-Charles Millet was struggling to break into the Parisian art scene. The shadow of his grandfather, Jean-François Millet, weighed heavy. The elder artist’s unflattering ...

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Jean-François Millet (1814–1875), a foundational figure in French Realism, was born in Gruchy, a rural hamlet near Gréville-Hague in Normandy. The eldest son of peasant farmers Jean-Louis-Nicolas and ...

ST. LOUIS — Patrons have another chance to view Saint Louis Art Museum’s exhibition Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalíreopens, which closed prematurely because of the new coronavirus ...

As grateful artists everywhere will know, today is the 200th birthday of Jean-François Millet, a painter whose influence on subsequent generations went well beyond mere brushstrokes. Millet is best ...

ST. LOUIS — There is one week left to see “Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí” — in person, based on capacity guidelines — at the Saint Louis Art Museum’s exhibition examining the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Like Van Gogh, he painted starry nights. Like Monet, he painted haystacks. And like Dalí — well, let’s come back to this one. (A ...