Artwork
Mother's Love
Mother's Love is an oil painting by the Fauvist artist Othon Friesz. It dates from 1914 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Subject & Meaning
The depicted bond symbolizes emotional connection and domestic affection, reflecting themes of familial love within an early 20th-century modernist context.
The painting portrays an intimate mother-child relationship, emphasizing tenderness and care. The depicted bond symbolizes emotional connection and domestic affection, reflecting themes of familial love within an early 20th-century modernist context. The composition centers on the maternal figure nurturing her child, underscoring the significance of maternal presence.
The work is part of the collection at the Statens Museum for Kunst.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1914, Mother's Love is an oil painting on canvas by Othon Friesz. The work measures 65 cm in height and 81 cm in width. Stylistically, the piece is classified as a genre scene that depicts a parent-child relationship, specifically focusing on a mother and her child. The composition utilizes oil paint as its primary medium to render this domestic subject matter.
History & Provenance
Mother's Love was created by Othon Friesz in 1914. Executed in oil on canvas, the work measures 65 cm in height and 81 cm in width and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. As a genre scene depicting a parent–child relationship, it captures the bond between a mother and child.
The available records do not list a specific inventory number or detail any past exhibitions for this piece.
Overview
Created in 1914, Mother’s Love is an oil painting by French artist Othon Friesz. The work presents an intimate domestic scene of a mother cradling her infant, rendered in the vivid palette and expressive brushwork associated with early 20th‑century Fauvism. It is part of the permanent collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.
Context
The painting emerges at a moment when French artists were exploring vivid, non‑naturalistic color and spontaneous brushwork to convey emotional intensity. Within this framework, Friesz’s focus on a tender maternal scene offers a counterpoint to the more overtly avant‑garde subjects of his contemporaries, aligning personal intimacy with the movement’s formal innovations.
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Artist
Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement.
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