Constantin Meunier

Belgian · 1831–1905 · Painter, Printmaker

Constantin Meunier was an influential Belgian painter and sculptor who is best known for his realist depictions of agricultural labourers, metalworkers, dockers, and coal… (Wikipedia)

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Constantin Meunier was an influential Belgian painter and sculptor who is best known for his realist depictions of agricultural labourers, metalworkers, dockers, and coal miners, especially from the 1880s and 1890s.

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Born 1831, EtterbeekDied 1905Occupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q552440 ↗ULAN 500000662 ↗Museum works 21

realism

Also known as c. meunier, Const. Meunier, Constantin E. Meunier, Constantin Emile Meunier, Konstantin Mene, meunier

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Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Constantin Meunier, The Miner — **The Miner**1904 · Bronze
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Alice Stern, 1996 — Open Access …

Constantin Meunier, The Dockhand (Le Débardeur du port d’Anvers) — **The Dockhand (Le Débardeur du port d’Anvers)**1885, cast before 1902 · Bronze
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and D…

Puddlers in Profileca. 1900 · Stoneware
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jason Jacques, in honor of Jeffrey Mu…

Constantin Meunier, Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes 1856-1906 — **Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes 1856-1906**model 1904, cast probably 1906 · copper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mark and Lynne Hammerschlag in h…

Constantin Meunier, In the Black Country — **In the Black Country**1893
Musée d'Orsay ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée d'Orsay

Constantin Meunier, Tobacco Factory, Seville — **Tobacco Factory, Seville**1883
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Constantin Meunier, Women Working in a Glass Factory — **Women Working in a Glass Factory**1878
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Constantin Meunier, Removal of a Broken Crucible — **Removal of a Broken Crucible**1884
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Constantin Meunier, In a Salt Refinery at Rupelmonde — **In a Salt Refinery at Rupelmonde**
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Constantin Meunier, Man at the Press — **Man at the Press**http
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Constantin Meunier, Untitled — **Untitled**1902
Finnish National Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Finnish National Gallery

Constantin Meunier, Saint Stephen — **Saint Stephen**1867
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Constantin Meunier, The Reaper — **The Reaper**c. 1895 · Bronze, dark brown patina
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Celia Schmidt — public domain (CC0)

Constantin Meunier, The Hammerman — **The Hammerman**1884 · Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Alexander Waller Memorial Collection — publi…

Constantin Meunier, The Street Porter — **The Street Porter**c. 1890 · Bronze, dark brown patina
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Celia Schmidt — public domain (CC0)

Constantin Meunier, Shipwrecked — **Shipwrecked**c. 1890 · Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Celia Schmidt — public domain (CC0)

Constantin Meunier, Miner, from the ninth album of L'Estampe originale — **Miner, from the ninth album of L'Estampe originale**1895 · Transfer lithograph, with scraping, in black on tan laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection — public domain (…

Constantin Meunier, The Miners — **The Miners**c. 1890 – 1900 · bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ra…

Constantin Meunier, The Furnace — **The Furnace**c. 1890 – 1900 · bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ra…

Constantin Meunier, The Soil — **The Soil**c. 1890 – 1900 · bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Ralph King, gift of Mrs. Ralph King; Ra…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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