A monumentalizing portrayal of a peasant bowed over by brutal toil,
"Man with a Hoe" (ca. 1860–62) by Jean-François Millet
(1814–1875) is arguably the most art historically significant
painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of
nineteenth-century European art. This volume situates the painting
in the arc of Millet’s career and traces its fascinating and
contentious reception, from its scandalous debut at the 1863 Paris
Salon to the years following its acquisition by American collectors
in the 1890s. The essays examine the painting’s tumultuous public
life, beginning in France, where critics attacked it on aesthetic
and political grounds as a radical realist provocation; through its
transformative movement in the art market during the remaining
years of the artist’s life and following his death; to its highly
publicized arrival in California as a celebrated masterpiece. In
the United States it was enlisted to serve philanthropic interests,
became the subject of a popular poem, and once again became
embroiled in controversy, in this case one that was strongly
inflected by American racial politics. This is the first
publication dedicated to the work since its acquisition by the
Getty Museum in 1985
General
Imprint: |
J. Paul Getty Museum
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Editors: |
Scott Allan
|
Contributors: |
Simon Kelly
• John Ott
|
Dimensions: |
219 x 184mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60606-855-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-60606-855-5 |
Barcode: |
9781606068557 |
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