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Millet's The Gleaners was preceded by a vertical painting of the image in 1854 and an etching in 1855. Millet unveiled The Gleaners at the Salon in 1857. It immediately drew negative criticism from the middle and upper classes, who viewed the topic with suspicion: one art critic, speaking for other Parisians, perceived in it an alarming intimation of "the scaffolds of 1793."
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The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1906, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .
In the background, men can be seen loading wheat onto wagons. The painting is bathed in warm light and shadows which suggests that the work day is coming to an end. Nearly all of the subjects in the painting appear to be working for the same goal. [2] Part of the painting appears on the cover of the book, Jules Breton: Painter of Peasant Life. [2]
In 1887 New York art dealer M. Knoedler ordered two paintings from Breton, [5] commissioned Charles Albert Waltner to etch the grand Salon work the Recall of the Gleaners and then held a special exhibition of his works in 1888. [6] In 1889 Breton was made commander of the Legion of Honor, and in 1899 foreign member of the Royal Academy of London.
The Gleaners (1887) by Léon Lhermitte. The Gleaners is an oil on canvas painting by French painter Léon Lhermitte, from 1887. It is held in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [1] Lhermitte depicts a scene from the working class in France. The painting takes obvious inspiration from Jean-François Millet, and his painting of the same name, The ...
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