# Les Batteurs de pieux

By [Maximilien Luce](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/maximilien-luce.md>), 1902–1903.

Strong diagonals give the construction crew collective dignity and make labor read as choreography.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 154 × 196 cm
- Collection: [Musée d'Orsay](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/musee-orsay.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/les-batteurs-de-pieux-669>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>), [Modernism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/modernism.md>)

## Image

![A team of laborers leans into ropes and timber while driving piles at a riverside construction site.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/musee-orsay-2980ac4cac2b3bec/full.jpg?v=fa2d0098f4733661032711af78856743ef49f3bb5cc67f02cb8d7ebbf9c7c7c1>)

## Sources & credits

- PierreSelim via Wikimedia Commons; public domain.
- Gift of Frédéric Luce, 1948; Musée d'Orsay
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maximilien_Luce_-_Les_batteurs_de_pieux_entre_1902_et_1905.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Musée d'Orsay collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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