Mother and Child
1898
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1898
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A mother in a high-waisted dress holds a small child in a sunlit room. The dress’s soft pink and the child’s white socks feel old-fashioned, but the love between them feels real. Greenaway painted children this way often. She used clothes from the early 1800s to make scenes feel like a simpler time. Her books became bestsellers in the late 1800s. People loved how her art mixed nostalgia with warmth. It makes you want to see more. Look up Kate Greenaway (British, 1846–1901).
