Curator's introduction
Millet: Life on the Land
Free
Places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event will take place in the Pigott Theatre, located on Level -1 of the Sainsbury Wing.
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Sarah Herring, Associate Curator of Post-1800 Paintings, introduces our free exhibition, 'Millet: Life on the Land', which includes some of Millet’s best-loved paintings and drawings.
Born into a farming family in Normandy, Millet moved to the village of Barbizon in 1849, where he put the people who spent their lives working on the land at the heart of his work.
Join the exhibition's curator as she introduces the exhibition themes, paintings and explores the beauty and quiet power of Millet’s work.
This event is part of Art History Festival 2025 organised by the Association for Art History
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Sarah Herring is Associate Curator of Post-1800 paintings at the National Gallery. She has a particular interest in landscape and has published 'The Nineteenth Century French Paintings. Volume 1, The Barbizon School' (2019), part of the series of National Gallery Schools Catalogues. With Emma Capron she was co-curator of the exhibition, 'Discover Manet and Eva Gonzalès' (2022-3), which explored a number of themes around Manet’s imposing portrait, including the education and position of women artists in the 19th century.