Millet was a farmer's son and in the late 1840s he became increasingly disenchanted with urban life and the rapacious progress of industrialisation. Nostalgia for the calm, settled rural life of his youth led him to make everyday rural life the central theme of his work.
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Title of artwork, date
Bergere Assise, 1848
Date supported
1992
Medium and material
Oil on panel
Dimensions
18.6 x 24.3 cm
Grant
35722
Total cost
163700
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