Constantin Meunier
(1831–1905) belgisk skulptör och målare
Constantin Meunier (Flanders/Belgium, 1831–1905) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Constantin Meunier belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Constantin Meunier was born in Etterbeek and died in Ixelles. Constantin Meunier trained at Académie des beaux-arts and Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Constantin Meunier studied under François-Joseph Navez. Wikidata associates Constantin Meunier with realism. Constantin Meunier became a member of Kunst van Heden.
One of the best-known works is ‘In the Black Country’. The catalogue has 78 works by Constantin Meunier with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1940. Works by Constantin Meunier are held by several collections, among them Kungliga museet för sköna konster i Belgien, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Louis Dubois, Ferdinand Pauwels, Édouard Brandon, Euphrosine Beernaert, and John Brett.