Millet. Essais or tramps who populate a

or tramps who populate a whole section of his production

neither collective mentalities nor other aspects of the reality of time

in paintings of a monumental character

the search for the fusion of the individual with the whole

deux villes chargées d’histoire

Millet. Essais or tramps who populate aThe name of Jean Franois Millet is linked to The Angelus, one of the most famous works of Western art, whose notoriety has distorted the view of the artist, too long described as a "peasant painter." A new reading of this unique painter is required. For this outstanding draftsman and luminous pastelist, art was a matter of emotion and interiority; his genius was to paint "true" figures from the rural world, from the Winnower to the Gleaners, but also