With these paintings, we might wonder if it’s the artists made the sacred beauty of mother and child or the greatness of mother and child love created that beauty?
William-Adolphe Bouguereau – “Temptation” (1880)
The space in the painting is very fine and the atmosphere seems warm. A mother and her baby are enjoying simple things – playing, talking together. The painting Temptation is a typical classic painting, strictly following the standards of proportion, color and shape.
Pablo Picasso – “Motherhood” (1901)
Pablo Picasso’s paintings are characterized by shapes and angles. This is one of the rare works in which Picasso had such a gentle way of painting. The painting has a simple name, Motherhood. Divine simplicity.
Vincent Van Gogh – “Portrait of the artist’s mother” (1888)
Mother of the famous artist Van Gogh only smiled very slightly in the painting with her eyes and forehead showing something like worry. When the painting was finished, she also felt worried. She didn’t understand what she was thinking at that time or whether it was her son who was worried while painting.
Diego Rivera – “Sleeping family” (1932)
Realist artists always “challenge” viewers. The artist used lithography medium for this work. It depicts a poor mother who can only give her child a shelter, taking refuge in her arms, using her body as a soft pillow. In this picture, there is no luxury or sparkle of stunning, there is only a simple but eternal value – a mother’s arms. For us, that’s everything.
Frederic Leighton – “Mother and child (with cherries)” (1865)
Leighton has brought us the image of a mother from the upper class world, the scene in the painting is luxurious and noble. A mother and her daughter are eating cherries together. In that scene, people feel boundless love and affection.
Paula Modersohn-Becker – “New mother” (1907)
In her life, artist Modersohn-Becker always wanted to be a mother, however, she was unlucky to have an unhappy marriage, even though she still became pregnant. Fate was ironic when the artist passed away shortly after giving birth. The painting was created just before Paula gave birth. This work is considered Paula’s artistic will: Every mother in this world, when giving birth to a child, not only brings another member to humanity, but also brings hope for a brighter future.
Mary Cassatt – “The child’s bath” (1893)
Artist Mary Cassatt loved the theme of motherhood. In her paintings, we always feel the gentleness of a mother as well as the thoughts, feelings, and concerns of a woman for her family and children. Her characters seem to be alive, telling a story.
Pieter De Hooch – “A mother delousing her child’s hair (A mother’s duty)” (1660)
This painting gives us quiet moments to feel.
Berthe Morisot – “The craddle” (1872)
In Morisot’s paintings, all the furniture and costumes were very fashionable for that time. Her paintings are very popular with women because of the familiar themes in their daily lives. Motherly love anywhere, with anyone, in any setting, is always close, intimate and warm.
Claude Monet – “The poppy field” (1873)
In the painting, the mother and daughter are walking together in a flower field. The scene is filled with sunlight and bright colors, making the viewer feel inspired by the joy of the two characters.
Vincent van Gogh – “Pieta” (1889)
The image of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus in her arms after he was taken down from the cross has inspired many artists, from sculpture, painting to cinema. In the picture is the mother’s pain when she saw her child nailed to the cross, now taken down to return to her.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir – “Camille Monet and her son Jean in the garden at Argenteuil” (1874)
Renoir’s paintings often revolve around the beauty of women, he depicted their beauty in all stages of life, from a young woman to a mother.
Gustav Klimt – “Hope” (1908)
Maternal love begins not when the child is born, it is formed when the mother knows she is pregnant. In the painting, artist Gustav Klimt portrayed a woman’s “hope”, which is her child. The artist used a fair amount of pure gold to inlay the yellow shapes, which is a characteristic to identify the paintings of the “gold-obsessed” artist.
Source: Vietnamese Woman
