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Cover: Construction Workers 1950

  

Fernand Leger

 

Construction Workers, Final State, was made in 1950s and follows Nicholas Poussin’s classical French Baroque art. There are a few changes to give it a touch of modernity. The image was a part of a collection of 12 paintings. They were a part of the wall hangings art at the Renault factory canteen located at Boulogne-Billancourt. It is said that Leger wanted to ensure that everyone saw his work. Therefore, he visited the canteen each day to see the workers' reaction to his image. Pundits claim that this image was a praise of the post-war reconstruction of France after the great devastation it endured in the hands of the Axis powers.