Inspired by Parenthood
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L'intrus
Stefanie Heyer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$609
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
$332
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
$830
Sans titre (mère et enfant)
Salfo Dermé (Yabré)
Sculpture - 55 x 15 x 23 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 5.9 x 9.1 inch
$1,992
Out of child mom child
Marcel Timmers
Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$830
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
$2,766
La mère et l'enfant
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$1,438
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
$1,660
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
$1,030
Les gosses de la plage
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$3,209
Mother and child
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 105 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,379
Paris, Place de Clichy
Isabelle Schenckbecher-Quint
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,770
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
$3,319
Eternal Comeback
Nizaac Vallejo
Painting - 220 x 260 x 2 cm Painting - 86.6 x 102.4 x 0.8 inch
$70,815
2 is better than 1
Aziseh Emmanuel
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,647
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
$122
The meeting place
Aziseh Emmanuel
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$6,307
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
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
$332
Ce sont nos enfants
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 73 x 113 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 44.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,873
Les enfants flippants II
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 55 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$830
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.