Pablo Picasso Spanish, active France, 1881–1973
Mother and Child
1921
Pablo Picasso's 'Mother and Child' (1921) belongs to his 'classical' or 'neo-classical' period following the First World War. A solid, Mediterranean-weighted mother cradles her infant in the artist's return to a monumental, sculpturally modelled figuration. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago