Women Gathering Kindling
Creation period
beginning of 1850s
Technique
oil on canvas
Collection
Exhibition
8
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Jean-Francois Millet
Women Gathering Kindling
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The work of Jean-Francois Millet holds a special place in the art of 19th century France. Millet had close ties with the Barbizon school artists, but he differed in his view of nature. He saw it as the realm of peasant labor, and his landscapes always included people. As the son of a farmer, he never failed to draw ideas from French country life for his paintings.
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‘I am a peasant and nothing more’,
the artist said of himself.
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Millet managed to use artistic means to create an ode to peasant labor, such as Christian humility.
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‘Women Gathering Kindling’
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In ‘Women Gathering Kindling’ the artist elevates the strength and endurance of people whose ‘labors and days’ pass by on this earth, including them in the circulation of the universe. The mournful solemnity of the peasants’ poses and the exhausting effort in their actions introduces the nature of a biblical parable into the figurative image.
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Women Gathering Kindling
Creation period
beginning of 1850s
Technique
oil on canvas
Collection
Exhibition
8
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