Builders,+The

Date: ca. 1934-1935
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/1964/1964.1.1_1a.jpg?itok=JccSaynq width="319" height="220" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/the-builders-20295"]] || Title: **The Builders**

Artist: **Charles F. Quest** Born: Troy, New York 1904 Died: Tryon, North Carolina 1993

Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 x 52 in. (91.5 x 132.1 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor

Accession: 1964.1.1 || This painting shows a group of busy workers on a building site, mixing mortar, hanging cabinets, and carrying supplies. Charles F. Quest was a sculptor and printmaker as well as a painter, and enjoyed the satisfaction of making things with his hands. Here, he painted a cheerful view of construction workers that celebrates physical labor and teamwork. The thick, gritty paint evokes the sand, cement, and rough-hewn wood of an unfinished building.
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