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Described by the mother of art portraits
40 great artists painted mother portrait “recently published in the UK, it will be unique to Van Gogh, Cezanne, Picasso and other great artists, 40 of the portraits of their mother paint cleverly arranged together on a number of arts interesting story of creation. May 10 is Mother’s Day, is of special significance in this festival on the eve of, let us approach these great artists and they are described by the famous portrait of his mother, to share their extraordinary artistic fun.

     Some of the great works of classic artists, often portraits of their mothers. In art history, many masters instead of just painting pictures father mother. Among them, more will be high to get the mother’s appearance with exotic, Van Gogh oil painting from memory to the mother green eye. In reality, mothers bring up children, but in painting, but it is the mother of the child created, so that these classic portrait painting, showing a unique style.
Famous painter Whistler’s portrait is the most famous painting “Whistler’s Mother”: 67-year-old mother sitting face, foot on the footstool, gazed in front of eyes, it is difficult to speculate what. It is said that the day, such as Whistler models, but the model failed to arrive, so instead of her mother agreed to let his son sat model paint. It is this blood on the close relationship between emotions, so that mothers often describe the subject of Whistler, and only the mother before they are willing to do for the children quietly fixed a few hours. Relatively speaking, the artist’s portrait of his father but seldom, as men busy with their livelihood, the demand in the family is often absent. It appears the mother, to let children paint make empty gestures, the expression of motherly love is a very general way. Therefore, Whistler’s mother in a letter to the relatives said: “wow, my dear son, when a sudden hail ‘Oh, Mom, I completed it how the United States and ah!’, I really sincerely happy about it. Then , because the picture he would kiss me. ”

Ingres real and vivid portrait of a mother

     These artists often emphasized the realistic portrait of the mother, rather than the pursuit of beauty, so that a more realistic image of the mother. Painter Ingres portrait painted mother is his mother Anne in 1814 to Rome to visit him when, full of artists so vivid portrait of the characteristics of realistic, based on the hope that his heart looked like a mother walked down from the canvas. Stand before this painting, moving, passing out of this love fully exposed, the mother’s love for his son and son against mother’s love, all mingled in the screen. And the painter Christian Lepage Jules Bass painted the mother’s portrait, it is very beautiful, almost a piece of real photos. In fact, Lepage has always been an active follower of photography. These mothers described their son, as a true and even more “complete.”

Gauguin portrait style unique mother

     Unauthorized use of a number of artists painting their own to repair defects of the reality of life of Gauguin into a lot of energy will be portrayed in the foreign atmosphere. Painted  Gauguin portrait of his mother, his mother from a photograph of a young man. His mother deliberately exaggerated facial features, thick lips, paint more, painting a broader nose, which may be found in order to stress his mother exotic Spanish descent. Van Gogh is under the mother’s photo to painting a portrait of his mother, but he suspected the original black-and-white photos too monotonous, so to describe the mind in accordance with the memory image of the mother. People see in the screen, his mother has a pair of warm and beautiful green eye, against the background of perfect skin, the screen filled with a touch of sadness and warmth.

Cassatt portrait of a fantasy mother

     There are some well-known artists are on display life of leisure is the mother of the image of the rich. Almost never the Cezanne portrait painting, but painting of his mother and sister Mary of normal everyday life, playing the piano, needlework. His father, a son, not in favor of painting the bankers, have also been painted in the painting on the right side of the chair, but was later obliterated by the paint. American Impressionist painter painted mother for the most eye-catching portrait. She was deeply affected traditional Japanese painting, with a total disregard for the great masters of Western art the way the rules for the mother-portrait, the painting showing a modern sense of refreshing, highly decorative and deeply subjective. Whole mother portrait reflects strong effects of light and shade, filled with a sense of fantasy.
Hockney portrait of a mother desperate loneliness

   Different artists and the growth of the living conditions of experience, often portraits of their mothers in the manifest. In the painting “My mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, in November 1982″, the painter David Hockney photo collage with a portrayal of a cheap raincoat wearing women of the United States, she looks very loneliness. Corner of the screen, the artist was wearing expensive shoes in the foot has been deliberately painted in art. Artists want to use this unique way of painting reflected the plight of his mother, as well as in life, facing despair, Hockney even in his father’s funeral drew a portrait of his mother. In addition, the famous painter Durer for his mother had painted portraits, he hoped that in order to reflect a cruel and honest life – to marry 15-year-old mother gave birth to 18 children, only three survived . The mother died a few months, Durer also had her portrait painted. “Even the most subtle and intravenous lines and must not be ignored.” Through the mother’s face, we can understand how she had lived a life .