Rapahel Sanzio (1483-1520) Potrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, 1512. Reggia Cappodimonte.
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (1571–1610) The Musicians, 1595. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Jan Mieese Molenaer (1610-1668) A Charlatan Dentist, s.d.
Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) The Watter Seller of Seville, 1618-1622. Apsley House, Londres.
Pieter Brueghel, The Younger (1564-1638) Preparation of the Flower Beds, 1638. Muzeul National de Artã României, Bucarest.
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Vulcan Forging Jupiter's Lighting Bolts, 1636-1638.
Jan Steen (1626-1679) The Severe Teacher, 1668. Coleção particular.
Jean-Babtiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) The Hard Working Mother, 1740. Museu do Louvre, Paris
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) The Knife Grinder, 1808 - 1812.
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) Firemen Running to a Fire, 1850-1851. Petit Palais, Paris.
Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) Workes 1852-63. Manchester City Art Galleries.
Claude Monet (1832-1883) The Cook, 1872. Belvedere, Vienna.
Winslow Homer (1836-1910) Home Sweet Home, 1863
Berth Morisot (1841-1895) The Little Maid Servant, 1886.
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) Woman Churning Butter, 1866-1868.
Jules Breton (1897-1926) The End of the Working Day, 1886-1887. Brooklin Museum.
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Sower with Setting Sun, 1888.
Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) On Strike, 1891.
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) Portrait of Johann Harms. Retired Man, 1916. Guggenheim Museum.
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) The Actor, 1904-1905. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) Portrait of Johann Harms. Retired Man, 1916. Guggenheim Museum.
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) The Actor, 1904-1905. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Edvard Munch (1863-1944) Two Nurses, 1909.
Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) Reapers, 1929.
Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) Women Working in Factory, Newcastle, 1918
Tarsila do Amaral (1896-1973) Operários, 1933. Palácio Boavista.
Diego Rivera (1886-1957) The Flower Carrier, 1935. SFMOMA.
Josef Herman (1911-2000) Miners, 1950.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Self-Portrait with Dr. Juan Farill, 1951.
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) Office in Small City, 1953. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Richard Prince (1959-) Cowboy, 1989. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Colaboração de Guido Cavalcanti.
Colaboração de Guido Cavalcanti.
Acho que esse Courbet, destruído durante a IIª Guerra, poderia estar na sua galeria. Ele mostra o nível mais baixo do trabalhador francês na época. Quebrar pedras era a tarefa mais pesada, perigosa e mal paga. O olhar afetuoso de Courbet os elevou á dignidade.
Portinari tem uns carregadores de café muito intereessantes e o Monet tem uma tela impressionante, The Coalmen, sinistra em suas cores mostrando a horrenda repetição da atividade laboral
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
The Coalmen, also called Men Unloading Coal, 1875 Musée d'Orsay.