Amitie et Amour a travers l'Ceuvre de Millet (Fuchu Art Museum)

(Translated by Google Translate)

It saw a lot of people, from visiting this Fuchu Art Museum this much, this was the first time almost.

Had been made, special exhibition to commemorate the 200 years of the birth of Jean-François Millet.

Again, I realized the Japanese whether prefer that this painter how.

Works had been exhibited, two major sections. Portraits and works depicting rural and farmers.

Speaking of Millet, image of farmers painter, is strong, but when young, he was engaged in the life as a portrait painter in Paris.

Drew his first wife, the Pauline, works of Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art collection. In less than three years after marriage, is Pauline, had died for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Already, disease wonder was in progress? The complexion, blue tint is applied, it is not visible to the healthy-looking no matter how you look at it.

This work, was that I saw more than 10 years ago, and works in the memory, works in front of the eyes, almost the same.

It would leave the memory of the people clearly, an image that was drawn, in competence as a portrait painter Millet, it was to impress again.

Works of young days Millet, touch of how to draw is reminiscent of Delacroix.

The technique of drawing a portrait, techniques, without drawing crisp and facial expressions and outline too, to draw Blurs in rough touch is clearly different.

Works of family, of farmers, Standing couple side by side in front of the farmhouse, at his feet, children are toying with the feet of parents.

It is a work typical of peasant painter Millet, but keeps the drawn with certainty, the expression of the couple facing straight here, not felt personality as a human being.

Famous works of Millet, Angelus, The Gleaners, even for such people, sow the seeds, facial expressions are blurred.

Than farmers as an individual, it might have been drawn in an symbolizes the very existence of farmers.

Millet, also settled in Barbizon village, there was never the farmers, and to interact much.

The intention to portray the personality of the farmers, the first place might have did not have.

In this exhibition, I think I glimpse of Millet as farmers painter, the one side that was different was.