The gleaners, by realistically represented agricultural workers of the artist’s day. because of his traditional approach and academic style, ’s paintings were usually  accepted into the paris salon. some critics believed millet was expressing approval of because of his perceptive  depictions of peasant farmers. although overshadowed by the for decades, bouguereau’s work was  later rediscovered. before the french revolution, jean-françois millet’s work focused on works depicting children or mythological subjects were typical of the paintings of