Author: (Millet, Jean-Francois). Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuyler; Keppel, Frederick.
Title: Jean-Francois Millet: Painter-Etcher. To Which Is Appended a Sketch of the Life of Millet by Frederick Keppel.
Description: New York: Frederick Keppel & Co. circa [1910]. [1910]. - 12mo [5-5/8 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The front wrap is lightly creased & soiled with a light stain & some minor foxing. The spine & the adjacent edge of the front wrap are slightly darkened. 42 pages, including 11 black-and-white plates reproducing etchings, a lithograph & a woodcut by Millet. Very good.

Jean-François Millet [1814-1875] was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. This text is focused on Millet's work as an etcher. Very good .

Keywords: ART; FRENCH ART; NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH ARTIST; 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ARTIST; BARBIZON SCHOOL; JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET: Painter-Etcher; MRS. SCHUYLER VAN RENSSELAER; LIFE OF MILLET; FREDERICK KEPPEL; ETCHINGS; lLLUSTRATIONS; PLATES.

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