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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
huge cycle of murals
figures are graceful
aspiring artist
supposedly saved
remarkable monument
Mexican graphic until
products painted
variety of color
years of reaction
tense in mood
outlines of buildings
could not recover
hands he held
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statue was created
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easel paintings
most picturesque places
joyful beauty
direct observations
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makes several
henceforth become
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drew themes from these albums
social activity gradually
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ambassador to Greece
masters saw in reality
technique of oil painting
natural principle
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inhuman tension.
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monuments of the city’s
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distinguished by its mannerism
linear perspective
painters from England
naming the artistic
especially outstanding
surpass in this respect



