Art about Working People
The earliest ideas about a day to honor working Americans came about from labor unions in the 1880s. In fact, the idea of a national holiday is thought to have come from labor union officials in New Y ...
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A Visual Tribute to Labor Day Week 2022
Aside from the myth of Sunday as a “day of rest” in the West, it’s interesting to me that there is only one day a year that celebrates “labor” in the U.S. The movement to ...
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An Art Ode to Labor Day Week: Eldzier Cortor
I’m pretty certain that all of us have felt like this guy looks at one time or another after a long, hard day at work. What I’d like to show with this artist—through his image of a h ...
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An Art Ode to Labor Day Week: Peter Henry Emerson
We should take a “time out” in the corner if we ever complain about what we have to wear to work, whether it’s a uniform, suit, or office casual. Can you imagine working outside doin ...
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An Art Ode to Labor Day Week: Kim Deuk-sin
I often marvel at how hard producers of the TV show M*A*S*H tried to faithfully depict everyday life in Korea. Of course, looking at this scene from the turn of the 1800s is an unfair comparison to 19 ...
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An Art Ode to Labor Day Week: Okumura Masanobu
My Labor Day Week series continues with this ukiyo-e woodcut. ...
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An Art Ode to Labor Day Week: Majapahit Empire
I know that Labor Day is past, but we can keep it going throughout this week with a few works of art that represent the working class. The subject of labor has been a trend in art going all the way ba ...
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