Forests Of Fontaineblueau

138I saw this painting by Millet "The Sower" at the Museum of fine arts in Houston today. It was quite a surprise. This painting really doesn't fit with the whole thing there. Here's the blip:

This exhibition transports the viewers deep into the shady glens and dramatic gorges, over the rugged terrain of giant boulders, and to the edges marshes that make up the varied topography of this former royal hunting domain which became the cradle and crucible of French landscape painting.