John Hammond
Barbizon, near Millet’s Home and Studio, 1884
1843-1939
Oil on board
7 x 12 1/4 in
18 x 31 cm
Copyright Alan Klinkhoff Gallery
18 x 31 cm
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titled, dated and signed, ‘Barbizon near Millet’s Home + Studio/ 1884/ J.H.’ (verso, centre)Provenance
Estate of the artist
“François” Millet, son of Jean-François Millet
I painted with François Millet for half a summer in France. He was an awfully nice chap, and unfortunately was club-footed.
“Why don't you get married, François?” I asked him one day.
“I can't earn enough money to keep a wife,” he replied.
“Well,” I said, “I earn enough to keep one.”
“Perhaps,” he answered, “when you paint better you will sell less.”
-John Hammond, Glimpses from a Storied Life, p.8.
I painted with François Millet for half a summer in France. He was an awfully nice chap, and unfortunately was club-footed.
“Why don't you get married, François?” I asked him one day.
“I can't earn enough money to keep a wife,” he replied.
“Well,” I said, “I earn enough to keep one.”
“Perhaps,” he answered, “when you paint better you will sell less.”
-John Hammond, Glimpses from a Storied Life, p.8.
