The French painter Jean Millet (1814-1875) was the son of
poor people, and yet he had a talent for painting, and often he would be found
painting on any piece of canvas he would find. Since his parents could not
afford it, his neighbors collected enough money for his family to be able to
send him to Paris to study further. However city life was not for him and he
was upset his friends gave up their religious affiliation. So after he finished
his course of studies, he returned to the fields of Normandy, with his wife and
children, working as a farmer, and painting in the evenings scenes that were
imprinted in his mind from the countryside. Among these works of art is the
famous ‘Angelus’ done in 1859, where a husband and wife pause from their work
as they recite the Angelus at 6PM.
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