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Constantin Meunier — The Miners
Constantin Meunier

The Miners

1890

Celebrates the nobility of manual labor in a medium traditionally reserved for historical heroes, embodying the period's growing social consciousness in art.

Medium
bronze

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Constantin Meunier, The Miners, 1890

Celebrates the nobility of manual labor in a medium traditionally reserved for historical heroes, embodying the period's growing social consciousness in art.

Medium
bronze
Year
1890
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Bronze, Workers, Sculpture, Labor, Social Commentary, Late 19th Century, Realism, Belgian, Figurative

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