Artist

Jean-François Millet

1814–1875 · born in Gruchy · died in Barbizon

Jean-François Millet was born into a farming family in Gruchy, on the coast of Normandy, France. He moved to the village of Barbizon near Paris, where he painted peasants at work in the fields. He treated farm laborers with dignity at a time when few artists did. His paintings moved Van Gogh and many others.