Jean François Millet ( 1814 - 1875 ) was a French Realism artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Jean François Millet s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices greatly surpassing estimated prices, varying from 7849 USD for Wooded hillside above Vichy in 2003 to a remarkable record 1985000 USD for L'Horizon (La plaine) in 2014 , base