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Events on Wednesday 20 January 1875 2
1814 – 1875Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875)Died 20 January 1875, aged 60Millet was a French painter best known for The Gleaners and The Angelus, works that dignified the labor of peasant life. He was a founding figure of the Barbizon school of rural landscape and genre painting.
1814 – 1875Jean-François MilletRealism · FranceJean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French Realist painter and founding member of the Barbizon school. His dignified depictions of peasant labour, including The Gleaners and The Angelus, profoundly influenced van Gogh.