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Millet was born in the village of Gruchy , in La Hague in Normandy and moved to Paris in 1838. He received his academic schooling with Paul Dumouchel , and with Jérome Langlois in Cherbourg. After 1840 he turned away from the official fashion style and came under the influence of Honoré Daumier. In 1849 he withdraw to Barbizon to apply himself to painting many often poetic peasant scenes.

His work, such as The Gleaners (1848), depicting the poorest of peasant women stooping in the fields to glean the leftovers from the harvested field, is a powerful and timeless statement about the working classThe term working class is used to denote a social class. The definition of the term "working class" is controversial, and depends on the politics and period of the person making the definition and on the society being discussed. For example, pre-war Briti that resonates to this day. (The Gleaners is on display in Paris's Musée d'OrsayThe Musee d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, situated on the left bank of the River Seine. It holds mainly French art from 1848 to 1914: paintings, sculptures, furniture, objets d'art and photography. The building was originally a railway station, built in 190).

His Angelus was widely reproduced in prints in the 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended. Salvador DalíCarl Van Vechten Salvador Domenec Felip Jacint Dali Domenech ( May 11, 1904 January 23, 1989) was an important Spanish- Catalan painter, best known for his surrealist works. Dali's work is noted for its striking combination of bizarre dreamlike images wit was particularly fascinated by this work, wrote an entire book analysing it (The Tragic Myth of Millet's Angelus), and included variations of this Millet work in many of his own paintings.

Millet is considered an influence on later painters such as Claude MonetOscar-Claude Monet ( November 14, 1840 December 5, 1926), French impressionist painter. Claude Monet Monet was born in Paris, France. His family moved to Le Havre in Normandy when he was six. His father wanted him to go into the family grocery store busin, Van Gogh and Camille PissarroCamille Pissarro ( July 10 1830 November 1903) was a French impressionist painter. Camille Pissarro was born in St. Thomas, in what is now the U. Virgin Islands on July 10, 1830. He moved to Paris, France in 1855 and studied there with the French landscap.

He died in Barbizon . His Native house can be visited in La Hague .