George Dunlop Leslie –Alice in Wonderland
Today's art
post is not about any one artist. I
decided to show you some paintings that various artists had done of their own
children.
Leslie was
a Victorian artist (as in the Victorian era rather than Victoria in
Australia). This is a painting of his
wife reading to his daughter Alice.
Picasso – Paulo as a
Harlequin
Picasso's
son, Paulo, was 3 years old when he posed for this painting. Paulo loved fancy dress – a trait probably inherited
from his ballerina mother.
Berthe Morisot –
Reading
Millais – My first
sermon
Millais is one of the Pre-Raphaelites. This little girl is Effie, his 3rd child out of 8. This painting was a raging success.
Paul Gauguin – The
little dreamer
This painting is of Gauguin's daughter Aline at 4 years old. She died at the young age of 20 from pneumonia.
Arthur Rackham – A
portrait of the artist's daughter, Barbara
From this
painting you can see why Arthur Rackham was such a great illustrator of
children's books
For more
paintings of artist's children, you could get
Child – Portraits by 40 Great
Artists by Juliet Heslewood out from your library.
What a wonderful collection you found! Thanks for sharing these Carole.
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