As a part of emphasising the class issue being discussed, I want to focus on everyday people as my main subjects. This way I can focus on the everyman instead of their capitalist leaders.
Jean-François Millet was a forerunner of this style. He trained as an academic painter but gravitated towards creating pieces that focused on figures in landscape; they reminded him of the rural labourers from his childhood in Normandy.
Jean-François Millet The Faggot Gatherers About 1850 – 1855
He applied classical composition and symbolism to create extremely detailed and realistic paintings that idealised the peasants he depicted.
You can read more about Millet at https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/jean-francois-millet.
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