Sweating the Small Stuff
The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet, Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
The Gleaners are picking up the last little remains of the harvest. Millet sets the women against a broad horizon and thereby lends a majesty to their work. This was on purpose as Millet saw the work as a social commentary against the rich vs. the poor in society.
posted by Martha at 9:13 AM
4 Comments:
The van Gogh take on this graces (hehe) my study.
The poster thereof, sadly...
Can you please post the dates of the paintings too? Thanks :)
I usually do - this is a re-run of a very early post.
The date of the painting is 1857.
Martha
Hi Martha,
I wonder if you have seen the film "The Gleaners and I" by Agnes Varda? It is beautiful and I think starts with this painting.
Alex
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