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Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, Ed. [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1909]. Booklet, paper covers, 80 pp., plus 24 pages of plates. Text in French.
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In acceptable condition. Brown paper covers have some chipping and tears along edges and corners and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Glue and string binding is cracking and beginning to pull apart but strings are still holding the text block together well. Light chipping and tearing along edges of text block. Pages are lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Not Ex-library. No remainder marks. A critical biography of Jean-Francois Millet (1814 - 1875), a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. He is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers. He is considered as part of both the "naturalism" and "realism" movements. Contents include: Naissance et annees d'enfanco de J.-F. Millet: Sa famille et son milieu; Premiers essais; Sejour a Cherbourg; Depart pour Paris; L'atelier de P. Delaroche; Debuts au Salon; La Revolution de 1848; L'installalion a Barbizon. Liaison avec Th. Rousseau: Millet peintre des paysans; Attitude de la critique; Les Glaneuses; L'Angelus; La Mort et le Bucheron; La Bergire; Essais decoratifs; La guerre de 1870 et le voyage dans la Manche; Retour a Barbizon; Les derniers jours. L'oeuvre de Millet: Ses devanciers, Sa conception de la vie rustique et de l'existence en general; Desenchantement et resignation; Tendances sociales de son art. Le metier chez Millet: Du choix du site, de l'heure et du type dans ses ouvrages; Il travaille sans modele; Sa recherche du caractere dominant et des lignes maitresses; Sa coloration et sa touche; Pastels et dessins de Millet. L'influence de Millet sur ses contemporains el ses successeurs: Courbet; Jules Breton; Bastien Lepage; Les peintres vivants. Conclusion: Chateaubriand et Millet; Philosophic de ce dernier; Le sentiment profondement humain de son oeuvre en explique la tristesse