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Source: Zhouzhi County Zeming College
The origin of Women's Day on March 8 is attributed to a series of major events in the women's movement in the early 20th century.
On March 8, 1909, women workers in Chicago, united States, held a massive strike and demonstration to fight for their rights, equality and freedom. On March 19, 1911, several countries in Austria and Denmark held their first gatherings and marches to celebrate Women's Day and expanded to the whole world.
On Women's Day, the topic that cannot be avoided is motherhood. The former Soviet writer Gorky once said: "A woman is a mother to the world, not only because her mother has children, but also because she educates people and gives people the joy of life." ”
In the artist's lifelong creation, there is no lack of themes with mothers.
01, the mother of a Western artist
Adaptations of Grey and Black No. 1: The Painter's Mother, Whistler, 1871
This work is the most famous work of the famous American painter Whistler. It is said that Whistler was waiting for the model to come that day, but the model could not arrive, so the mother agreed to sit there in place of the model and let her son paint. It is this close relationship of blood and emotion that makes the mother often the object of Whistler's depiction.
Van Gogh's Portrait of a Mother
When mentioning the Dutch Impressionist painter Van Gogh, people always mention his masterpiece "Sunflower", but in fact, he also depicts his mother. It is said that Van Gogh painted "Portrait of a Mother" based on a photograph of his mother, but he felt that the original black-and-white photograph was too monotonous, so he depicted the image of his mother in his heart according to memory.
Paul Gauguin's Portrait of a Mother
The portrait of his mother by the French Post-Impressionist painter Gauguin comes from a photograph of his mother when she was young. He deliberately exaggerated his mother's facial features, with thicker lips and wider noses, perhaps to emphasize his mother's exotic Spanish ancestry.
Rembrandt's Mother, 1631
A portrait of his mother by the Dutch painter Rembrandt at the age of 25 is now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ahir Gorky, The Artist and His Mother (1926-1936)
Ahir Gorky, the most famous American abstract expressionist painter of the 20th century, has never forgotten his mother who starved to death on the way to escape. When he fled from Armenia to New York, the first thing he painted was a picture of him and his mother in 1921.
Portrait of a Mother, Albrecht Dürer (1510-1514)
In a very contrasting way, the German painter Albrecht Dürer's mother figure stands tall, like a withered mallet, with demented eyes and ugly faces. But when we learn about the background of Dürer's painting, the doubts are dispelled. The painting was painted two weeks before Dürer's mother died. She was frail and sickly throughout her life, giving birth to a total of 18 children, but only 3 survived. The hardships of life and the torment of illness made her age prematurely.
Two months before his mother's death, Dürer painted a portrait of her, without hiding the vicissitudes of her almost deformed face. In this charcoal painting he created the most lively and moving work of his life, which is the only portrait of Dürer's mother that has been handed down to the present.
Mary Cassatt's mother
The American Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt, who was deeply influenced by traditional Japanese painting, painted a portrait of her mother in a way that completely ignored the rules laid down by The Masters of Western Art, and her paintings presented a refreshing modern consciousness, highly decorative and profoundly subjective. The entire portrait of the mother embodies a strong light and shadow effect, full of fantasy.
My Mother, David Hockney, 1982
Portrait of the Artist's Wife and Son by the former Soviet painter Boris Kristolev, 1904
The Gleaner, François Miller, 1857
The Gleaner is an oil painting on canvas by the French Barbizonist painter Jean François Miller in 1857, now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
The painting depicts the scene of people picking up the remaining ears of wheat from the field after the autumn harvest in the countryside, condensing Miller's deep feelings about peasant life, and is a typical representative of the realist art style. It is said that the three women in the picture are based on Miller's grandmother, mother and sister.
The Blind Girl, John Everett Millais, 1856
The Blind Girl is an 1856 oil painting by the British painter John Everett Millais, now in the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Fine Arts Gallery.
The painting is a natural scene of rain and sunshine, the scenery is relatively open, and the colors are refreshing. On the foreground are drawn two poor girls who are dependent on each other. One of them was a blind woman, and the younger girl snuggled tightly in the arms of the blind girl, looking up at the rainbow in the sky while explaining to the blind girl the beauty of nature that she could not receive.
02, the mother of a Chinese artist
Similarly, in the artistic creation of Chinese artists, motherhood is an inexhaustible theme. For the artist, jumping the image of the mother on the picture is the best gift to the mother.
Lin Fengmian, "Harvest Morning", 1950
Mr. Lin Fengmian is a generation of masters in the Chinese art circle in the 20th century, an important founder of Modern Art Education in China, and is known as a pioneer of Modern Chinese Art.
He served as the first president of the National Academy of Arts (the predecessor of the China Academy of Art), and successively trained a large number of artistic masters such as Li Kejian, Wu Guanzhong, Wang Chaowen, Ai Qing, Zao Wou-ki, Zhao Chunxiang, Zhu Dequn, etc.; at the same time, he was also one of the first painters to carry out the reform of Chinese painting, exploring the combination of the advantages and beauty of oil painting and Chinese painting. His works have had a major impact on the art of modern Chinese painting and are known as the "father of modern Chinese painting art".
Jiang Zhaohe, Mother's Hope, 1954
Jiang Yan "Kao Kao Mama", 1953
Ding Shaoguang's works
Zhou Sicong's Sketch of Autumn
Zhou Sicong was an outstanding female painter in the history of Chinese art in the 20th century, and left many highly influential masterpieces in her lifetime. She is good at ink figure painting, flowers, and occasional landscapes, and her works are vivid and vivid, the image is expressive, and the techniques are diverse and unique.
Wu Guanzhong once commented on Zhou Sicong: "She is a real artist, and her art and character are first-class in China. ”
Works by Zhou Sicong
Nima Zeren , "The Destination of the Soul of the Sacred Mountain of Gundies"
In addition to them, there are many Chinese artists who have portrayed countless outstanding and vivid masterpieces based on the image of Chinese women and mothers.
Chen Yifei, "Mother and Son", 140cm×140cm
Chen Yifei, a famous Chinese oil painter, has made creative achievements in many aspects such as film, costume and environmental design with the concept of "great art", and has become a cultural celebrity and a well-known Chinese artist at home and abroad.
Luo Zhongzhong, "Spring Silkworm", 200cm×134cm, 1983
Luo Zhongzhong, a peasant artist known as "Contemporary Miller", won the first prize of the National Youth Art Exhibition for his 1981 oil painting "Father", which is considered a milestone in the history of contemporary art and has had a wide impact at home and abroad.
Huang Zhongyang, "Childhood Song", 1984
Tang Yongli, "Dunhuang Dream, Mother's Prayer", 138cm×136cm, 1996
Ma Xiaojuan "Spring Melting"
Works by Huang Shaohua
Yan Ping, "Mother and Son: Care", 140cm×120cm, 1997
Duan Jianwei's "Mother", 1998
Duan Jianwei, known as one of the "second sections of Henan" in the art circle, gently swept a "new rural" wind in 1991, shuttled through the radical atmosphere at that time, and walked smoothly on the introverted and humble local road.
On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, I hope to use the artists' "they" to wish all mothers in the world a happy holiday and thank you for having you!
Works by Li Xiang
Liu Xiaodong, "Sleep and Insomnia Series: Mother and Child", 1998
Zhang Zhijun "Tantu" 156cmX180cm 2019
Zhu Junhe , "Mother"
Liu Yanjun, "Science and Technology Sunshine Shines on the Grassland", 228cmX167cm, 2019
03, I love this land
Finally, with Ai Qing's poem "I Love this Land", I dedicate it to the great mothers.
If I were a bird,
I should also sing with a hoarse throat:
This land that has been hit by the storm,
This river of our sorrow and indignation that perpetuates,
This endlessly blowing furious wind,
And the incomparably gentle dawn from the woods...
- And then I died,
Even the feathers rotted in the ground.
Why do I always have tears in my eyes?
Because I love this land so much...