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Painted in 1886 this painting is called the Strike by Robert Koehler #179322399
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Having witnessed the national railroad strike of 1877, Koehler kept the memory of this event alive in his large-scale painting The Strike, which he produced in Munich in 1885. The painting depicts a gathering of workers at the factory ownerââ¬â¢s door. The bossââ¬âtop-hatted and silk-suitedââ¬âstands at the top of the stairs listening to the complaints of a worker. Passions run high; men and young boys hasten to this meeting where expressions and postures reveal defiance and anger
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