Shandong Culture

Famous paintings celebrating mother's love

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2017-05-12
Famous paintings celebrating mother's love

The Laundress, by Honoré Daumier [Photo/Artron.net]

French artist Daumier was familiar with and cared about the common people's lives. In this painting, he portrayed a very common scene from life, a mother taking laundry with a child. The painter highlights the characters' body movements, which depicts a mother rushing home and reveals her spirit of struggling for life bravely.