4798 x 3846 px | 40,6 x 32,6 cm | 16 x 12,8 inches | 300dpi
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Jean Francois Millet (1814–1875) was a French painter, who belonged to the naturalism and realism movements. One of the founders of the Barbizon School in rural France, he is best known for his paintings of peasant farmers. Among his best known works are The Wood Cutter, The Gleaners, The Angelus, and The Harvester. This painting, titled The Straw-Binders, is housed in the Louvre. The wonderful capacity of Millet for portraying action is demonstrated to the full in this canvas. Hard, unremitting toil is the theme Millet has wished to bring before us. The heat is intense, but the work goes on with unrelaxing vigor. The masculine energy of the the two bending figures are in striking contrast with the figure of the young girl on the left of the picture. The artist shows that he was quite capable of infusing charm int his peasant studies as well as bringing the brutalizing aspect of their labor before the spectator.
