1869
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Composition de F. Millet (Composition by F. Millet) is a 1869 ink by Jean François Millet, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman standing in a field, holding a long stick and pointing upward. Her clothes are simple and loose, with a hat pulled low over her face. The background is rough, with jagged lines for grass and trees, and the whole scene looks like it was drawn quickly. The artist used a technique that leaves scratchy, textured lines—this isn’t paint, but ink pressed into paper. It’s a study, not a finished painting, so it’s rough around the edges. Next, check out etching to see how artists like this carved their designs into metal plates.
Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: ; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.
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