Title: Man with a Hoe

Artist: François Millet

Man with a Hoe 1860–62 Jean-François Millet French, 1814–1875 Oil on canvas "Millet wrote of his painting, 'Is it really where a man should be... one is straightens himself for a moment and breaths... the theme is surrounded by beauty.' The exhausted peasant faces a tough ecology of rocks and thistles; his hope for a productive harvest is suggested by the cultivated fields in the distance. Millet's honest image is beautifully painted, with his subject and landscape joined by rich earthy tones and crisp brushstrokes."