Late Bell is an oil painting on canvas created by French realistic painter Jean Francois Millet in 1859. It is now in the Louvre, marking the peak of Miller's artistic career.
"Late Bell" describes a peasant couple praying devoutly with the bells of a distant church in the afterglow of the sunset. The whole picture is quiet and solemn, and the characters are simple, tolerant, generous and kind. The solemnity and sublimity contained in the works deeply touched the hearts of the world.
The Creation Background of Late Bell
In the West, where Christian civilization lasted for nearly two thousand years, most of the painting themes of western oil painters came from religious themes and fairy tales, and the deep-rooted Bible painting was the mainstream culture at that time, with little description of realism. /kloc-there are two forces in the art world in the 0/9th century, one is the traditional force, the other is the new force, and the painter Miller at that time was the representative of the new force.
1849, kala-azar raged in Paris. In order to avoid the plague, Miller and his family moved to barbizon village near Fontainebleau, a suburb of Paris. The beautiful natural scenery and simple folk customs of barbizon Village greatly shocked Miller.
From then on, he lived a peasant life here, but he didn't give up his favorite painting. Every night when he comes home, he will create in the dim light. It was also at this time that the farmer began to walk into his picture and he found a theme that suited him.
Later, he said: Anyway, the theme of farmers suits me best. The Night Bell was created in 1859, which is an oil painting created by Miller after he settled in barbizon Village.