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79 works by 23 artists

79 works featuring “Building work” by 23 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 25 museums.

Space Force Construction, Lyubov Popova

Space Force Construction, 1921.

Space Force Construction (museum title)

Lyubov Popova (Russian), oil and marble dust on plywood

MOMus - Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection, Greece

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Tower of Babel, 1568.

The Tower of Babel (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on wood

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Netherlands

Device for Raising a Beam, Leonardo da Vinci

Device for Raising a Beam, 1497.

Device for Raising a Beam (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

A House of Stout Logs, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

A House of Stout Logs, 1906.

Pirtin salvoksella (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), watercolor on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

View from Wilder's Square in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, C.W. Eckersberg

View from Wilder's Square in Christianshavn, Copenhagen, 1830.

Udsigt fra Wilders Plads på Christianshavn mod Gammelholm… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Building of the Winter Studio, Edvard Munch

The Building of the Winter Studio, 1929.

Vinteratelieret under bygging (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil and wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The Port of Trouville, Boatyard, Eugène Boudin

The Port of Trouville, Boatyard, 1887.

The Port of Trouville, Boatyard (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on canvas

McLean Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Boat-Building near Flatford Mill, John Constable

Boat-Building near Flatford Mill, 1815.

Boat-Building near Flatford Mill (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Building Workers in the Studio, Edvard Munch

Building Workers in the Studio, 1920.

Bygningsarbeidere i atelieret (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

View from Fredrikinkatu, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

View from Fredrikinkatu, 1883.

Näköala Fredrikinkadulta (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), oil on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Construction, Alexandra Exter

Construction, 1922–1923.

Construction (museum title)

Alexandra Exter, oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

The Conciergerie during the Reconstruction of the Palais de Justice, Adrien Dauzats

The Conciergerie during the Reconstruction of the Palais de Justice

La Conciergerie pendant les travaux de reconstruction du… (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet, France

Hoist for a Beam, Leonardo da Vinci

Hoist for a Beam, 1497.

Hoist for a Beam (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, Nicolai Abildgaard

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, 1781.

Frederik II bygger Kronborg (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Corvette on the Stocks. Copenhagen, C.W. Eckersberg

A Corvette on the Stocks. Copenhagen, 1828.

En korvet på stabelen. Nyholm med spanteloftbygningen i… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Winter Studio under Construction, Edvard Munch

Winter Studio under Construction, 1929.

Vinteratelieret under bygging (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Boat builders, Drøbak, Hans Gude

Boat builders, Drøbak, 1875.

Båtbyggere, Drøbak (museum title)

Hans Gude (Norwegian), pen and pencil on paper

National Museum of Norway

Inconvénient de demander des réparations..., Honoré Daumier

Inconvénient de demander des réparations..., 1847.

Inconvénient de demander des réparations... (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Building Workers in the Studio, Edvard Munch

Building Workers in the Studio, 1920.

Bygningsarbeidere i atelieret (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Hodman on the Ladder, Edvard Munch

Hodman on the Ladder, 1920.

Håndlanger på stigen (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

(House builders, Cairo), Arthur Streeton

(House builders, Cairo), 1897.

(House builders, Cairo) (museum title)

Arthur Streeton (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Tower of Babel, 1563.

The Tower of Babel (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Two Figures in a Geometric Construction. Illustration for "Linearperspectiven", Plate IV, C.W. Eckersberg

Two Figures in a Geometric Construction. Illustration for "Linearperspectiven", Plate IV, 1838–1840.

To figurer i en geometrisk konstruktion. Illustration til… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, Nicolai Abildgaard

Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, 1781–1782.

Frederik II bygger Kronborg (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Building, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Building, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum Frescoes, 1903.

Rakennus, esityö Juséliuksen mausoleumin freskoa varten (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), tempera on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Construction Workers, Edvard Munch

Construction Workers, 1929.

Bygningsarbeidere (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), charcoal and wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

The Ship of the Line "Dronning Maria" on the Stocks, C.W. Eckersberg

The Ship of the Line "Dronning Maria" on the Stocks, 1824.

Linieskibet Dronning Maria på Stablen (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

El albañil borracho (boceto), Francisco de Goya

El albañil borracho (boceto), 1786.

Le Maçon ivre (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Building Workers in Snow, Edvard Munch

Building Workers in Snow, 1920.

Bygningsarbeidere i snø (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Dredge II, Piet Mondrian

Dredge II, 1907.

Dredge II (museum title)

Piet Mondrian (Dutch), oil on cardboard and wood panel

Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands

Construction in Dissolution (three arches on a diagonal element in white), Kazimir Malevitch

Construction in Dissolution (three arches on a diagonal element in white), c. 1917.

Verdwijnende constructie (diagonale balk met drie bogen in… (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), oil on canvas

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands

Studies of Power Transmission and for Lifting a Beam, Leonardo da Vinci

Studies of Power Transmission and for Lifting a Beam, 1497.

Studies of Power Transmission and for Lifting a Beam (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

Carrying Logs, Chapter 11, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Carrying Logs, Chapter 11, 1907.

Hirsien kantaminen, 11. luku (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), black chalk and ink on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

On the Log Frame of the Cabin, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

On the Log Frame of the Cabin, 1906.

Pirtin salvoksella (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), ink

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

A Corvette on the Stocks. Nyholm with the Mould Loft Building in the Background, C.W. Eckersberg

A Corvette on the Stocks. Nyholm with the Mould Loft Building in the Background, 1828.

En Korvet på stablen. Nyholm med spanteloftsbygningen i… (museum title)

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), pencil, pen, black ink, brush and brown wash

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Bricklayer, Edvard Munch

Bricklayer, 1929.

Murer (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Boat-building near Flatford Mill, John Constable

Boat-building near Flatford Mill, 1815.

Construction de bateau près de Flatford Mill (museum title)

John Constable (British), oil on canvas

Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

The wounded bricklayer, Francisco de Goya

The wounded bricklayer, 1786–1787.

Le Maçon blessé (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

View of Paris, Carl Larsson

View of Paris, 1888.

Parisutsikt (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), graphite on paper

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Notching the Logs of the Cabin, Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Notching the Logs of the Cabin

Pirtin salvoksella (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), pencil

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Suprematist Diagonal Construction 79, Kazimir Malevitch

Suprematist Diagonal Construction 79, 1917.

Suprematist Diagonal Construction 79 (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), crayon sur papier (recto et verso)

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Device for Raising a Mast, Leonardo da Vinci

Device for Raising a Mast, 1497.

Device for Raising a Mast (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Bibliothèque nationale d'Espagne, Spain

The Construction of Copenhagen´s Dock in the Reign of Christian VI, Nicolai Abildgaard

The Construction of Copenhagen´s Dock in the Reign of Christian VI, 1786–1787.

Dokken anlægges under Christian VI (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Chantier naval à Saint-Mammès, Alfred Sisley

Chantier naval à Saint-Mammès, 1885.

Chantier naval à Saint-Mammès (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Columbus Museum of Art, United States

Building Worker, Edvard Munch

Building Worker, 1929.

Bygningsarbeider (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Masons on Scaffolding, Edvard Munch

Masons on Scaffolding, 1929.

Murere på stillas (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), wax crayon on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway

Yoshida--Toyokawa Bridge, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshida--Toyokawa Bridge, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Hōeidō edition), c. 1832–1833.

Yoshida--Toyokawa Bridge (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Second Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the Nationalmuseum, Carl Larsson

Second Proposed Decoration of the Walls in the Lower Hall of the Nationalmuseum, 1890–1891.

Andra förslaget till fresker i NM:s nedre trapphall, södra… (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Allegory of Architecture, Jens Juel

Allegory of Architecture, 1760.

Allegori på bygningskunsten (museum title)

Jens Juel (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Bricklayers at Work on the Studio Building, Edvard Munch

Bricklayers at Work on the Studio Building, 1920.

Murere i arbeid på atelierbygningen (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), oil on canvas

Munch Museum, Norway