IV. OUTLINE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN MILLET'S LIFE

1814.
  • Millet born, October 4, in hamlet of Gruchy, commune ofGréville, in the old province of Normandy, France.
1832.
  • Two months' study with Mouchel in Cherbourg.
  • Death of Millet's father.
  • Study with Langlois in Cherbourg.
1837.
  • Removal to Paris, supported by annuity of 400 francs from themunicipality of Cherbourg.[[1]]
1837-1839 (?).
  • Studies with Delaroche.[[2]]
1840.
  • A portrait of M.L.F. exhibited at Salon of the Louvre.
1841.
  • Portrait of Mademoiselle Antoinette Feuardent.
  • Marriage with Mademoiselle Pauline Virginie Ono inCherbourg.
1842.
  • Returned to Paris.
1844.
  • Millet exhibited at Salon: the Milkmaid, the RidingLesson.
  • Death of Millet's wife, April 21, and Millet's return home for18 months.
1845.
  • Marriage with Catherine Lemaire late in summer, inGréville.
  • Visit in Havre in November.
  • Arrival in Paris in December, and residence in the rueRochehouart.
1847.
  • Oedipus taken from the Tree exhibited at the Salon.
1848.
  • Millet exhibited at the Salon the Winnower, bought by M.
  • Ledru-Rollin for 500 francs, and the Captivity of the Jews inBabylon.
1849.
  • Removal to Barbizon.
1850.
  • The Sower painted and exhibited at the Salon with the SheafBinders.
1851.
  • Death of Millet's grandmother, Louise Jumelin, at Gruchy.
1853.
  • Death of Millet's mother at Gruchy.
  • Millet exhibited at the Salon:
  • Ruth and Boaz,
bought by an American.
  • The Sheep Shearer,
  • The Shepherd,
bought by William Morris Hunt
1854.
  • Visit four months to the surroundings of the old home inNormandy.
1855.
  • The Grafter, exhibited at the Salon.
1856.
  • Le Pare aux Moutons painted.
1857.
  • The Gleaners exhibited at the Salon.
1859.
  • The Angelus exhibited at the Salon.
1860-1861.
  • The Shepherd in the Fold by Moonlight, and the Femme auxSeaux.
1861.
  • The Potato Planters painted.
  • Millet exhibited at the Salon of the ChampsElysèes:
  • Feeding Her Birds.
  • Waiting.
  • The Sheep Shearer.
1862.
  • List of pictures painted:—
  • Winter.
  • The Crows.
  • Sheep Feeding.
  • The Wool Carder.
  • The Stag.
  • The Birth of the Calf.
  • The Shepherdess.
  • The Man with the Hoe.
1863.
  • Millet sent to Salon: Man with the Hoe, The Wool Carder (seelist of works in 1862), and a Shepherd bringing Home hisSheep.
1864.
  • Millet exhibited at the Salon: The Shepherdess, and The Birthof the Calf (see list of works in 1862).
1865.
  • Completion of decorative pictures for M. Thomas: Spring andSummer, panels 8 by 4 ft., set in the woodwork; Autumn for theceiling; Winter for the chimneypiece.
1866.
  • Short visit to Vichy, Auvergne, Clermont, Issoire.
1867.
  • Millet exhibited at the Exposition Universelle (InternationalExhibition):—
  • Death and the Woodcutter (refused by the Salon of 1859).
  • The Gleaners.
  • The Shepherdess.
  • The Sheep Shearer.
  • The Shepherd.
  • The Sheep Fold.
  • The Potato Planters.
  • The Potato Harvest.
  • The Angelus.
  • Visit to Vichy in June.
1867-69.
  • The Pig Killers.
1868.
  • Millet made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, August 13.
  • Journey with Sensier in Alsace and Switzerland, September.
1870.
  • Millet elected, March 24, juror for coming exposition.
  • The Woman Churning exhibited at the Salon.
  • Departure for Gréville on account of danger of remainingin Barbizon during the war.
1871.
  • Return to Barbizon November 7.
1874.
  • Order from Administration of Beaux Arts for mural decorationsin the Panthéon (Ste. Geneviève), Paris.
  • The Priory painted.
1875.
  • Death of Millet, January 20, at Barbizon.