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Comparing The Painting 'Man With A Hoe' By Jean Milliet

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The painting I chose for this assignment is called ''Man with a Hoe''. This painting was created by Jean Milliet a French painter in 1863. This painting inspired many poems and has become one of Milliets most popular works. The painting depicts a man in a field with a hoe. There has been many interpretations of this painting, and many suppose it represents the common people. But I think this painting represents the loneliness of farmer and the neglect they feel from others.

One way this paintings subject is loneliness is that the man alone. His surroundings are nothing but open field and a small tent behind him. The way his surroundings are painted and the color the painter used is a dead give away. Also, the painting seems to have

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