Millet Scared High Society

This painting hit Paris in 1857. Millet showed three peasant women picking up leftover grain. The lowest job that existed. But he painted them the size you would paint a queen. Same composition used for gods and heroes. Behind them, huge haystacks, a massive harvest, a landowner on horseback. Plenty, and three women breaking their backs for scraps. The rich called it dangerous. Socialist propaganda. Millet just said he painted the people he grew up with. 🎨 EcoArtLab — Frame TV & Printable Art Transform your space with museum-quality digital art #arthistory #Millet #thegleaners #Frenchart #19