Kneeling

Date: 1857
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Dimensions: 55.5 x 66

The painting was ordered by the American millionaire Thomas G. Appleton, and its price eventually rose to sky-high heights (Millet himself lived in great poverty and often had to borrow). Rows of potatoes are bathed in warm evening light, and a man and woman stop their work to pray a kneeling prayer (presumably the church bells are ringing in the background). The painting is a tribute to hard human work, piety, humility and respect for nature. The picture does not deny that Millet himself was from a peasant family and knew such scenes very well.

Millet painted picture Kneeling in 1857. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is landscape. Original size is 55.5 x 66. This art piece is located in Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). At the outset of his career, he refused the stereotyped concept of painting and became a free portrait painter. He influenced Impressionists through his selection of topics: he painted simple people, poor farmers and the humility of hardworking people. He loved the countryside where he lived, devoted a lot of energy for rural people. Millet’s paintings are characterized by an interesting, gold and melancholy light that gives his landscapes a religious character. The Angelus - church bells in the distance strike as two people say a prayer of thanks for the harvest (ironically, the Louvre auctioned this painting for an astronomical sum). Gleaners. The monumentality of characters achieved through simplification of the environment (which was later used by Seurat) is clamped from above by the horizon. The image probably expresses the oppression of peasants (especially women without voting rights) after 1848.