The Casting at Ougrée

Why it's great

Steelworkers pour white-hot metal in a Belgian steelworks in a glowing picture by Constantin Meunier of about 1885. Meunier painted workers in factories and mines with great respect.

🏛️ Part of history

The Industrial Revolution (1760–1900) — Steelworkers pour white-hot metal in a Belgian steelworks in a glowing picture by Constantin Meunier of about 1885.

Where to see it

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Hang it on your wall

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About the artist

Constantin Meunier

1831–1905 · born in Etterbeek

Constantin Meunier was a Belgian sculptor and painter born in Etterbeek in 1831. He is famous for his dignified pictures and statues of coal miners, steelworkers and dockers, and he lived in Brussels, where he died in 1905.