Telling Apart Types of Art: Genre

The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet, 1857

This painting, The Gleaners, is good example of a GENRE picture. A Genre picture tells a story of everyday life. In this case, Millet is telling the story of poor French peasants who had to pick up (glean) leftover grain from the ground in order to eat.

Mr. Millet used  REALISTIC style in his artwork.

This picture is courtesy of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gleaners