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Man with a Hoe  1862

by Jean-François Millet

"[A]s I have never seen anything but fields since I was born, I try to say as best I can what I saw and felt when I was at work," wrote Jean-François Millet. At the Salon of 1863, Man with a Hoe caused a storm of controversy. The man in the picture was considered brutish and frightening by Parisian bourgeoisie. The Industrial Revolution had caused a steady exodus from Fren...
Size: 
80 x 99 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Getty

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  1. Powerful and evocative ...