Every child who is born has his own angel, and his name is simply - mom. Mother teaches her baby from infancy to old age takes care of him, not seeing him as an adult. She is always ready to embrace and support in difficult moments of life and rejoice at his first uncertain steps, words and any achievements. Mother and child - a picture that always touches the person who sees this couple.
Now before you is an early work of the genius of the Renaissance Raphael Santi. On it, the baby gently clings to his mother, who foresees the difficult, tragic life path of her son and therefore looks sad and thoughtful.
Mothers Day
Probably, in every country, children treat their mothers with reverence and love. Therefore, almost everyone had a holiday - Mother's Day. In Russia, it is celebrated on the last Sunday of November. We honor the noble work of the mother and the pure impulses of the mother soul that do not expect any reward. Mother and child - a picture that almost every artist in the world painted, comprehending the secrets of motherhood. From paintings on this subject comes a special light. They purify our souls. The paintings “Mother and Child” by artists V. Bourgero, A. Deineka, D. Rivera, M. Vigee-Lebrun, M. Chagall, P. Renoir, V. Van Gogh, Z. Serebryakova and many others adorn private collections and museums of the world. Painters gave their works different names and wrote them throughout the ages. Now we will introduce you some of them.
Here is a self-portrait of the artist M. Vigee-Lebrun in a turban with her daughter Julie (1786). A young mother is full of inexplicable charms. She gently and carefully presses a charming baby to her.
Paintings "Mother and Child" by Russian artists
On Russian icons, on the canvases of Russian artists, you can see the image of the mother. The painting "Mother and Child" occupied a significant place in the work of our painters. Only the shortest listing of names will already give a concept of the importance of motherhood for Russian masters: A. Venetsianov, K. Bryullov, K. Petrov-Vodkin, A. Deineka, A. Plastov, Yu. Kugach, K. Vasiliev.
Consider the "Morning" by B. M. Kustodiev.
Canvas painted in Paris. The painting depicts a loving and devoted wife and mother Julia, who recently gave birth to a son, Cyril. With love and tenderness, a brilliant painter displays the mother and child in the picture. Sunlight floods a small room. Julia Evstafievna, who is dressed in a light white blouse and black skirt, raised her hair in a high hairstyle. She draws handfuls of water to water the little boy. A chubby white-headed baby sits quite calmly. Only Kiryusha is trying to repeat the movements of her mother: he pulls the handles to the water. The father admires this ordinary scene with admiration and tries to convey the portrait resemblance of his first child. Their apartment is not large, but comfortable and tidy. It is warm in it now, and the fireplace is not lit. On it stands a vase with chrysanthemums. Everything causes the viewer joy from this cute home environment.
Picasso Paintings
Mother with a child - this theme is repeatedly repeated in the work of a brilliant Spaniard. In the blue and pink period, his paintings are full of melancholy and sadness (1900s). But in the 20s, when he finally married Olga Khokhlova, the ballerina of the Diaghilev ballet, and his son Paulo was born, everything changes. At the request of his wife, his style becomes classic.
So, in the work of 1922, we see a mother with a child of three or four years old, who holds him on her lap. Gentle color of the picture. A green background with traced leaves gives the impression that Olga and Paulo are in the garden. They are lit by the golden rays of the sun. Butuz is dressed in a pale blue shirt. Picasso's painting "Mother and Child" breathes harmony and peace. In it we see a wonderful master of drawing and colorist. Later, when the artist parted with his muse, he would return to cubism. Then it will be almost impossible to see portrait similarities in his works. But it will be later, in the 30s and 40s, when he will have three more children. However, the artist will never create such tender portraits.
Glory to our mothers
Love for the woman who gave birth to a small miracle - a child, moved all the painters who took up the theme of motherhood. In their works they sang everyday and festive life, filled with troubles and cares for raising children. With their paintings, the painters return the viewer to his own childhood. Before us come to life the pictures of a happy and carefree time that our mothers were able to create, no matter how difficult it was for them. Childhood with mom is filled with amazing discoveries that the child makes, and mom instructs him on the right path in life. These paintings remind us adults of simple joys and fill our lives with sunlight.