Vosges
ca. 1867
Jean-François Millet, usually busy painting peasants in fields, took a detour to sketch the rugged Vosges mountains around 1867. This scribbled study sheet is essentially an artist's travel diary, featuring quick landscape outlines and handwritten color notes like 'white grey green' to capture the mood. You can spot his initials 'J.F.M' in the bottom right, marking this as a personal observation of nature rather than a finished salon piece. It’s a charming glimpse into how a Realist master recorded the world before turning it into high art.
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