Inspired by Parenthood
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Generaciones
Adrian Gonzalez Torrez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,164
Mother and Child
Irene Pereyra
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$346
La Mère et l'Enfant / The Mother & the Child (Edith Schiele and nephew / Edith Schiele und Neffe / Edith Schiele et son neveu) - 1915
Egon Schiele
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$865
Out of child mom child
Marcel Timmers
Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$865
La mère et l'enfant
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$1,499
Safe zone
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,729
Rue Mouffetard - Triptych
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 45 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.71 x 39.37 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
Rendille Mother and Child
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,089
Les gosses de la plage
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,343
Flowers and cigarettes
AE2
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,326 $1,193
Paris, Place de Clichy
Isabelle Schenckbecher-Quint
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,845
Mother and child
Eyitayo Alagbe
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$5,000
Parents hugging, children sleeping
Karine Giboulo
Sculpture - 14 x 16 x 6 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 6.3 x 2.4 inch
$3,459
Mother and child
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 105 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,479
Nous sommes tous des enfants
Jean Valera
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$127
Eternal Comeback
Nizaac Vallejo
Painting - 220 x 260 x 2 cm Painting - 86.6 x 102.4 x 0.8 inch
$73,788
The Happy Family XXI
Angu Walters
Painting - 90 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,300
Protect the Children
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,038
Réunion en famille, série une famille Française
Didier Bizet
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$346
Pastorale africaine - Complicité, frères et soeurs
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,075 $1,868
Le scarabée d'or
Catherine Clare
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$2,075 $1,868
Regarder l'enfance
Véronique Baleste
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$692
Ce sont nos enfants
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 73 x 113 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,035
Les enfants flippants II
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 55 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$865
Inspired by Parenthood
Parenthood and familial scenes have offered much inspiration to artists throughout the centuries of art history. Prehistoric art shows us some of the first parents in art history with the mother goddess, a sovereign force of creation. In the West, the subject of parenthood has permeated throughout religious artifacts and Christian iconography. God serves as the original paternal figure to humankind. Nowhere is the presence of God, the Father, shown more fervently in artworks of the Renaissance. The omnipotent presence of God as the eternal father in Michelangelo's Creation of Adam provides the archetypal example. Likewise the Madonna figure is idolized among Christians as the venerated maternal figure of origin.
It is said that there is nothing more gratifying than nurturing children. From infanthood to childhood to adulthood, the saying is that it 'takes a village'. This is the narrative captured by the photographic work of Didier Bizet. His award-winning Baby boom series is inspired by a generation of parents.
Artworks inspired by parenthood do not always transpire as scenes of domestic bliss. Situations including domineering patriarchs, discord and separation often lean towards scenes of familial dysfunctionality rather than domestic harmony. Perhaps the popularity of artworks inspired by parenthood lies in the subject matter's honesty. Not all artworks inspired by parenthood depict scenes of happy families. Explore a vast array of artworks inspired by parenthood on Artsper through the work of Waleria Matelska, Alfredo Vilchis Roque, among other artists.