Constantin Meunier
Constantin Meunier (Belgian, 1831-1905) Au pays noir [In the black countr | Oil on canvas | Musée d’Orsay | Paris
Constantin Meunier a 19th century Belgian realist painter and sculptor, widely known for introducing industrial workers, dockers and miners, into the visual arts as icons of modernity. His view of man and the world is compassionate, committed and inseparable from the industrial, social and political developments of his day.