Miners singing
HERMAN, Josef
© Estate of Josef Herman/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
A refugee from Poland, Josef Herman spent the decade 1944-54 in Ystradgynlais where he painted his best-known works of mining themes. This is a study for his greatest painting, the monumental Miners, executed for the Pavillion of Minerals of the Island at the 1951 Festival of Britain. The artist began with the figure with an upraised arm at the left, only subsequently making narrative sense of its pose by incorporating it with a group of singers.
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 1674
Creation/Production
HERMAN, Josef
Date:
Acquisition
Purchase, 30/9/1992
Measurements
Height (cm): 43.5
Width (cm): 121.6
Depth (cm): 0.5
Height (in): 17
Width (in): 47
Depth (in): 3
(): h(cm) frame:46.5
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) frame:124.9
(): w(cm)
(): d(cm) frame:4.7
(): d(cm)
Techniques
essex board
oil on board, plaster ground
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
crayon
Location
In store
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