1867
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The farm on the hill is a 1867 watercolor by Jean François Millet, a Barbizon school work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
You see a quiet farmhouse on a gentle hill, painted in soft watercolors. Millet uses light brushstrokes to show the land’s calm mood. The colors stay dull, not bright, which feels real. Millet often worked in a group called the Barbizon School. They painted nature as it really looked, not in fancy styles. Want to see more like this? Look up Millet, Jean-François.
Watercolour sketch by Jean-François Millet from 1867 depicting a hilly landscape featuring a farmhouse on the horizon and a large tree positioned to the left. The work was created in the countryside near Vichy, specifically in the uplands above Cusset, as indicated by an inscription on the lower left. Millet executed initial pencil or ink sketches outdoors, later refining them in the studio by adding watercolour washes and annotations in pencil. The piece was purchased on June 17, 1882.
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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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