Saint Louis Art Museum. Photo: Jean-Gilles Berizzi, © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY, The Sower, after 1850 The Angelus, 1857-1859 Together they share insights into Millet’s life and work, draw comparisons between Millet’s art and those he influenced, and guide you as you look more closely at a variety of Modern subjects, techniques, and stylistic characteristics. The calm and the grandeur of it are so awesome that I feel actually afraid.” Both Millet and Van Gogh also felt that the star-filled sky carried a spiritual significance.

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Instead, he is crosshatching and layering strokes, such as you can see in the background of the artwork. Millet’s nudes influenced the Impressionists, a group of avant-garde French painters who used visible brushstrokes to represent light and movement. We may imagine that the two peasants whisper the opening words of the prayer, “Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae” (The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary). 3

Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (pronounced [ilɛʀ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡɑʀ dœˈɡɑ]), was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing.

Significantly, pastel color also aided him to infuse variations to the same scene. Working conditions for these women were notoriously terrible.

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The presence of a large amount of space around the figures along with random has led considerable art historians to believe it to have been majorly influenced by photography. In France, the picture became a symbol of national pride by the late 19th century. 5 These types of drawing materials become more difficult to identify in the 19th century. He wrote: “The sky is bluish green, the water is royal blue, the earth is mauve. Blue Dancers, c.1899. Gracefully balancing herself on one leg, she is captured at the precise moment of delivering a majestic pose with her head bent back, and her eyes closed in jubilation.

She noted modestly, “In France, Picasso is the foremost talented artist working in the Cubist manner; in Russia, it is your humble servant.” Planting Potatoes thus speaks to the modernizing of Millet’s work in the most innovative avant-garde artistic technique of the early 20th century. It embodied a vision of piety and devotion, fruitful land and dignity of labor, and played a major role in the mythmaking related to Millet after his death in 1875. You will encounter text, images, and audio content from specialists (all pictured below) who offer a deep dive into specific works of art.