Note on Art
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Title
Note on Art
Subject
A note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic reference, specifically french Realists Jean Francois Millet and Jules Breton.
Description
This note from LeRoy Neiman juxtaposes descriptions of Jean Francois Millet’s The Angelus (1859) and Jules Adolph Breton’s The Song of the Lark (1884), tying these works back to an experience of seeing their reproductions at his childhood parochial schools. The document then falls into autobiography, comparing a his grandparents' farm in Braham, Minnesota during the Depression to the depicted pastoral fantasies. The record's purpose is unclear. That said, it is one of many disclosing Neiman's interest in French culture.
Creator
LeRoy Neiman
Source
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Publisher
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Date
c. 1990-2011
Contributor
LeRoy Neiman
Rights
Property of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; please consult the organization's archivist for further details.
Relation
Notes, LN_Notes_1673_01,LN_Notes_1673_02, LN_Notes_1677, LN_Notes_1658, LN_Notes_1674, LN_Notes_1667, LN_Notes_1655, LN_Notes_2250, LN_Notes_1995, LN_Notes_923_01,LN_Notes_923_02, LN_Notes_919_01,LN_Notes_919_02, LN_Notes_1871_01,LN_Notes_1871_02, LN_Notes_2436_01,LN_Notes_2436_02, LN_Notes_1903_01, LN_Notes_1903_02
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
LN_Notes_1702; LN_Notes_1703
Coverage
New York (N.Y.) New York
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
In St. Paul Parochial Schools – St. Vincents and St. Marks 2 painting both hung in classrooms and halls
Jean Francis Millet 1814-75
The ANGELUS
Millet also painted the Gleaners The Sowers – The Potatoe Planters.
He was considered (NOT TO himself) “A social Protest Painter”
and Jules Adolph Breton 1827-1906
THE SONG OF THE LARK
Breton also painted (vertical) the weeders – Return of the Gleaners – Blessing the grain (cont). /
MILLET-BRETON
These 2 paintings had a telling, lasting effect—as was the schools intention.
They both represented, tranquility, hard work, the soil and peasantry. In the 30s in the heart of the depression they actually represented hope.
We on (school) vacation would visit my grandmothers (grandparents) farm in Braham, Minn 65 nites north and their way of life epitomized quality of life (work), hope, honesty, etc.
They city represented (St. Paul) despair, want, unemployment (NOT CRIME however)
Jean Francis Millet 1814-75
The ANGELUS
Millet also painted the Gleaners The Sowers – The Potatoe Planters.
He was considered (NOT TO himself) “A social Protest Painter”
and Jules Adolph Breton 1827-1906
THE SONG OF THE LARK
Breton also painted (vertical) the weeders – Return of the Gleaners – Blessing the grain (cont). /
MILLET-BRETON
These 2 paintings had a telling, lasting effect—as was the schools intention.
They both represented, tranquility, hard work, the soil and peasantry. In the 30s in the heart of the depression they actually represented hope.
We on (school) vacation would visit my grandmothers (grandparents) farm in Braham, Minn 65 nites north and their way of life epitomized quality of life (work), hope, honesty, etc.
They city represented (St. Paul) despair, want, unemployment (NOT CRIME however)
Original Format
Ballpoint pen on paper.
Files
Collection
Citation
LeRoy Neiman, “Note on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed April 18, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/150.