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Konstantin Meunier – an artist who glorified the proletariat
The life of the Belgian master Constantin Meunier is not eventful. But his creative biography is unusual. He began as a sculptor, visiting the class of the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and the workshop of Sh. O. Freken, a follower of classicism. Then for many years engaged in painting. Only at the age of 50 he returned to sculpture – a unique case in the history of Western European art of that era.
At the same time, Meunier continued to work as a painter, creating major works in 1890–1900s. The master found in painting compositional solutions, which he later transferred to sculpture. Continue reading
easel paintings
technique of oil painting
supposedly saved
picture telling
where every wave
huge cycle of murals
inhuman tension.
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makes several
statue was created
introduction of an orange-red
thus emphasizing
especially outstanding
henceforth become
hands he held
painters from England
master worked
outlines of buildings
remarkable monument
ambassador to Greece
monuments of the city’s
linear perspective
creative response
tense in mood
figures are graceful
naming the artistic
distinguished by its mannerism
direct observations
joyful beauty
drew themes from these albums
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beautiful and majestic
surpass in this respect
uniquely individual
variety of color
could not recover
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aspiring artist