The painter, sculptor and graphic artist Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck was a socially committed artist who made a concrete contribution to the cultural project of the Ghent socialist party. His works are often compared to those of the Brussels artist Constantin Meunier. In Factory Worker and her Child, Van Biesbroeck portrayed a flaxen worker. We can see that from the attributes she carries: a hammer, a knife and a hook. Hands, arms and face are scarred by hard work. Mother and daughter are cast in one closed block. In this way the artist accentuates the inextricable connection in their dismal situation.
| Artist |
Jules II Van Biesbroeck
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| Title | Factory Worker and her Child |
| Date | 1919 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | patination AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram and year at the back, left side of the base: JVB/1919 |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | bronze AAT |
| Inventory number | 1939-AJ |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1939-AJ |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1487/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A72
female sex; woman
Iconclass
31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D130 Maidenhood Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2122 daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 46A1 social stratification, social groups Iconclass 46A15 the poor Iconclass 46A17 working class, labourers Iconclass 47D8(HAMMER) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: hammer Iconclass 47H111 flax (material ~ textile industry) Iconclass 47H31 spinning (manufacture of yarn) Iconclass 54E42 Protection; 'Custodia', 'Difesa contra nimici, malefici venefici', 'Difesa contra pericoli', 'Riparo da i tradimenti' (Ripa) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
social realism
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realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
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