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Happy Labor Day From the Richmond Progressive Alliance

The Mower, Georges Seurat (c. 1882)

 

The Richmond Progressive Alliance wishes all of its members and the Richmond community a Happy Labor Day. To honor the occasion, we have compiled a small gallery of worker-centered art. We hope you enjoy. Solidarity forever!

Illustration from Harper’s Weekly of the Colored National Labor Union convention in Washington, D.C (1869).

 

Ox Team, Wharf at Matinicus 

George Wesley Bellows (1916).

 

Still Life and Blossoming Almond Trees, California

Diego Rivera (1931).

 

 

Portrait of Nurse Nelly                                                  The Shell Fisherman

Jan Toorop (1894).                                                       Vincent Van Gogh (1890).

 

Coming Home from Work 

Eldzier Cortor (1938/1943).

 

Mother and Child

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1929). 

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