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Miners Singing

Josef Herman (1911–2000)

National Museum Cardiff

Miners Singing

© estate of Josef Herman. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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A refugee from Poland, Herman spent the decade 1944–1954 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 Pavilion 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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Title

Miners Singing

Date

1950–1951

Medium

oil & crayon on board with plaster

Measurements

H 43.5 x W 121.6 cm

Accession number

NMW A 1674

Acquisition method

purchased, 1992

Work type

Painting

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Artist or maker

Josef Herman

1911–2000

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