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Mother and Child
Mother and Child is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Fritz Syberg. It dates from 1900 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
The painting, executed in oil on canvas in 1900, presents a quiet moment of familial interaction, emphasizing the ordinary setting of bourgeois life.
Mother and Child depicts a mother holding her child within a modest interior. The scene includes a table, bench, coffeepot, chair, and a tablespoon, objects that anchor the composition in everyday domestic space. The painting, executed in oil on canvas in 1900, presents a quiet moment of familial interaction, emphasizing the ordinary setting of bourgeois life.
Symbolically, the domestic objects serve to locate the figures within a familiar household environment, reflecting the era's preoccupation with family and domestic routine.
Technique & Style
Fritz Syberg's Mother and Child is an oil painting on canvas created in 1900. The work measures 87.5 cm in height and 110.5 cm in width. It depicts an intimate domestic interior featuring a mother and child seated near a table, accompanied by objects such as a bench, a coffeepot, a chair, and a tablespoon.
History & Provenance
Mother and Child is an oil on canvas painting executed by Danish artist Fritz Syberg in 1900. The work measures 87.5 cm by 110.5 cm and portrays a mother with her child seated at a table alongside a coffeepot, chair, tablespoon, and bench. The painting has been part of the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, where it is inventoried as part of the museum's holdings.
Overview
Fritz Syberg's 1900 oil painting, "Mother and Child," captures a tender domestic moment. Rendered in a post-impressionist manner, the work depicts a mother attending to her child at a table. This piece exemplifies Syberg's engagement with everyday life, a common theme among the Funen Painters, a group with whom he was closely associated. It is currently housed at the Statens Museum for Kunst.
Context
Fritz Syberg, originally from Fåborg and later residing in Kerteminde, was a prominent figure among the Funen Painters. This collective of artists lived and worked on the island of Funen, often focusing on local landscapes, genre scenes, and intimate portrayals of daily life. "Mother and Child" aligns with this artistic movement's interest in capturing the unadorned beauty and quiet dignity of ordinary existence.
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Artist
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Syberg, generally known as Fritz Syberg, (28 July 1862, Fåborg – 20 December 1939, Kerteminde) was a Danish painter and illustrator, one of the or Funen Painters (Fynboerne) living and working on the…
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