Millet, Alberta — Millet Town Town of Millet … Wikipedia
MILLET — MILLET, name for the religious communal organization of non Muslims in the Ottoman Empire. The Koran uses milla for religion or rite, e.g., religion of the Jews and Christians (2:114), and the religion of Abraham (2:124; 3:89). It is assumed that … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Millet [2] — Millet (spr. mijä), 1) François, niederländ. Maler, geb. im April 1642 in Antwerpen, gest. im Juni 1679 in Paris, war anfangs Schüler des Laurens Francken, mit dem er um 1660 nach Paris ging, und bildete sich dort nach Nicolas und Gaspard Poussin … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Millet and District Museum, Archives and Visitor Information Centre — The Millet and District Museum and Exhibit Room is located on the west side of Highway 2A at the north end of the Town of Millet, which is located about 40 minutes south of the capital of Alberta, Edmonton. The wheelchair accessible museum… … Wikipedia
Millet, Jean-François — born Oct. 4, 1814, Gruchy, France died Jan. 20, 1875, Barbizon French painter. Born to a peasant family, he studied with a painter in Paris, but when one of his two submissions to the Salon was rejected (1840), he returned to Cherbourg, where… … Universalium
Millet, Jean-François — (1814 1875) painter, engraver A significant landscape and genre artist of the barbizon school, Jean François Millet, the son of peasants, was born in Gréville, Manche. He studied painting at Cherbourg, then at studios in Paris where, at the … France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present
Millet, Jean François — Mil·let (mĭ lāʹ, mē ), Jean François. 1814 1875. French painter whose works, such as The Gleaners (1857) and Winter with Ravens (1862), portray peasant life and bucolic landscapes. He was a central figure of the Barbizon school. * * * … Universalium
Jean-François Millet — Portrait of Millet by Nadar. Date unknown. Birth name Jean François Millet Born … Wikipedia
Francis Davis Millet — (November 3, 1846 April 15, 1912) was an American painter and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. BiographyEarly lifeFrancis Davis Millet was born on November 3, 1846 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. At age sixteen … Wikipedia
Barbizon school — The Barbizon school (circa 1830 ndash;1870) of painters is named after the village of Barbizon near Fontainebleau Forest, France, where the artists gathered.The Barbizon painters were part of a movement towards realism in art which arose in the… … Wikipedia
