# Jean-François Millet

> He painted peasants at work—not as pastoral decoration, but as the center of the frame. That choice made him both a founder of the Barbizon school and a lightning rod in 19th-century France.

*French painter (1814–1875)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1814-10-04
- **Died:** 1875-01-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in rural France on 4 October 1814, Millet grew up knowing the weight of farm labor firsthand. He turned that knowledge into art, placing peasant farmers at the heart of his compositions during the height of the Realism movement—a move that carried political charge in a country still reeling from revolution. As a founder of the Barbizon school, he worked in the countryside outside Paris, building a body of work in oil, pastel, Conté crayon, and etching. Toward the end of his life, the figures began to recede and the land itself took over. He died on 20 January 1875, having spent a career making visible what polite society preferred to ignore.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 61.3 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #160

## Topics
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## Sources
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