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Constantin Meunier

Constantin Meunier

1831
WA-00013715
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
9
Works in Collection
54
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

  • Artist Index
    Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
About

Why this artist matters now

Constantin Meunier was a Belgian painter and sculptor. He made an important contribution to the development of modern art by elevating the image of the industrial worker, docker and miner to an icon of modernity. His work is a reflection of the industrial, social and political developments of his day and represents a compassionate and committed view of man and the world.

Source: Artist Index · Trust score: 35% · Updated 2mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

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Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (9)

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Artwork sources (4)

9 published of 39 catalogued · 38 with image
  • The Met
    5 published4 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    3 published3 img
  • Nga
    1 published1 img
  • + 1 more source · 30 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

7 entries · 2 sources
  • Miner
    1904 · Met · 4 prov
    Wikidata·titleWikidata·mediumWikidata·primary_image_urlWikidata·artwork_type
  • The Furnace
    1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • The Miners
    1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • The Soil
    1850 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

10 assets
The Soil (c. 1890 – 1900)
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Miners (c. 1890 – 1900)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Miner, from the ninth album of L'Estampe originale (1895)
Art Institute of Chicago
Shipwrecked (c. 1890)
Art Institute of Chicago
The Street Porter (c. 1890)
Art Institute of Chicago
The Hammerman (1884)
Art Institute of Chicago
Artsy artwork: The Longshoreman of the Port of Antwerp (Conceived circa 1890)
Artsy
Artsy artwork: Le Mineur en profile (Miner in Profile) (1895)
Artsy
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Relationships

3
Collections3
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of ArtNational Gallery of Art
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
National Gallery of Art
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