How does the artist portray relatives and friends? Come and feel the affection in that painting The most popular David Hockney "parent" Gerhard Richter's most tender family member Claude Monet's most beautiful wife won the name of "Beast" The portrait of Madame Matisse was taken by Paul Cézanne as the relative of "Apple", "Wife Crazy Devil" Pierre Bonnard loved van Gogh's "first step in life" Miller's rural family life is full of uneasiness and pain

There is a kind of reunion called "going home for the New Year". Now that the Lunar New Year has entered the countdown, there are many places where the new crown epidemic has spread, and "New Year's In Place" or "Going Home for the New Year" has become a choice that many workers in foreign lands have to make.

Repin's "Unexpected Return", created in 1884-1888, is in the Tretchakov Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow

Family will always be the home and harbor of our souls, and it is still the family affection that is worried. From ancient times to the present, many artists have portrayed their closest family members in their works. They live in different ages, but they are all committed to capturing a moment full of family affection and showing the warmth of home through their works. In this issue, we will feel the family affection in the painting through the artist's work.

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > the most popular David Hockney "parent."</h1>

David Hockney, the most valuable living artist, completed a series of large double portraits between 1968 and 1977, depicting lovers or friends around, expressing the artist's concern for relationships between people.

David Hockney, My Parents and Me, 1976

In a Facebook poll in 2014, more than 38,000 people voted on 25 works of art, with David Hockney's My Parents being chosen by art fans in the UK as the most popular painting.

David Hockney, My Parents and Me, 1975

There are several versions of My Parents, the most well-known of which is the one completed in 1977 and the third version of his painting of his parents, which was exhibited in China in 2019.

David Hockney, My Parents, 1977

Imagine an ordinary afternoon in the 1970s when Hockney had his parents sit in front of his studio window and paint portraits of them. The mother obediently posed, put her hands on her knees, and waited patiently. Eyes are fixed on the painter outside the canvas. My father casually took a book from the bookshelf, slightly adjusted the back of the seat, and read intently and without anyone around, just like he did every day, the warmth of home instantly filled the whole picture.

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > Gerhard Richter's warmest family</h1>

Also one of the most expensive artists in the world today, German artist Gerhard Richter has influenced the world with his varied and prolific works. In his varied works, the most tender and delicate part is the part of Richter's photographic realistic painting depicting the family. These include a series of works depicting daughter Betty and wife Sabine Moritz.

Richter, Betty, 1977

Richter, Betty, oil on canvas, 102 × 72 cm, 1988

Richter, Uncle Rudy, 1965

In 1995, Richter's series of works "S. and Children" for his current wife, Sabine Moritz, like a shutter pressed at random, presents the most natural state of the family on the picture, fully demonstrating the artist's naïve nature and inner sensitivity.

Richter, The Reader, 1994

Richter's series S. and the Children for his current wife, Sabine Moritz

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > the most beautiful wife in Claude Monet's heart</h1>

A 760 million-dollar painting of Haystack made Claude Monet the painter with the highest price ever sold in Impressionism. In addition to expressing the light and color changes of nature, Monet also presents his love for his wife and children in the paintings, each of which carries the most beautiful emotions in the world, and also carries the most beautiful wife Camille in Monet's heart, which makes people full of emotion and envy! After Camille's unfortunate death, Monet's paintings rarely showed up, leaving only the boundless nature.

Monet,"The Woman With the Umbrella"

Monet in the Cradle of Jean Monet

Monet, Camille in the Garden

Monet" Camille Monet in Kimono

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > portrait of Mrs. Matisse, who won the name "The Beast."</h1>

Matisse is known to be a representative of Fauvism, yet the theme of his work has nothing to do with beasts, but with its rough lines and bold use of color. In particular, a portrait of Mrs. Matisse earned Matisse the name "Beast".

Henri Matisse, "The Woman in the Hat"

The work was drastically discarded in form, with paint indiscriminately draped over the picture, not only the background and hat, but also the woman's face. In this work, Matisse abandons the light and shade of traditional colors, but uses strong and even dazzling contrasting colors, using simple colors to form a flat and harmonious picture.

Matisse's "The Painter's Family" oil on canvas, 143x194cm, 1911, now in the Russian Hermitage Museum

In the work "The Painter's Family", Matisse transcends the simple intimacy between his family, and the brilliant colors on the characters make the work monumental and majestic. The highly decorative picture brings the viewer to a world full of whimsical patterns.

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > was considered by Paul Cézanne as an "Apple" relative</h1>

Paul Cézanne, who once threatened to "shake the whole of Paris with one apple," did, and in 2020, Cézanne's still life painting of an apple in watercolor, "Still Life with Milk Cans, Melons and Sugar Cans," was auctioned for 187 million yuan. And what will the family look like in Cézanne's eyes? Will it be like Apple?

Paul Cézanne, Father painter reading newspaper, 1866

Cézanne's early works depicted his family, his father and sister were his subjects, and now it seems that the picture is still full of student flavor.

Paul Cézanne, Portrait of Marie Cézanne, Painter's Sister, 1867

By the time Cézanne's style matured, he sought to create a stable, solid, timeless artistic image. Cézanne's portrait models of this period were rarely anyone but his wife, because he demanded that the model not move at all! After moving slightly, he scolded, "Who told you to move?" Can Apple move? ”

Paul Cézanne, Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair, 1877

"Madame Cézanne Sitting in a Red Armchair" embodies Cézanne's artistic proposition, the big red chair, the vertical striped skirt and the blue flowers scattered on the background make the picture full of warm, comfortable and stable atmosphere. It was just Mrs. Cézanne, who was treated like an apple, toiled.

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > "wife-sycophragm" Pierre Bonnard</h1>

If the artists in the front depicted their families occasionally, Pierre Bonner painted all the details of French life. Later, in particular, he lived an almost reclusive life in the countryside, which gave him more time to depict family life.

Bonnard, The Family Yard, 1902

Bonnard, Family, 1893

Bonnard painted more than 400 paintings for his wife Mart in his lifetime, an absolute "wife madness", whether it is playing, eating, napping, changing clothes, bathing, Bonnar will depict his wife on the picture, color and brushstrokes are difficult to hide his heart. And this ordinary-looking woman is unusually gentle in his pen, emitting a halo. After the death of his wife, Bonaire never painted portraits again, and spent the last five years of his life in loneliness and endless thoughts.

Bonnard, Cats and Women, or Cats Asking for Bait, around 1912, oil paints, canvases, Musée d'Orsay

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > love van Gogh's "first step in life."</h1>

Images of relatives in Van Gogh's works rarely appear, but there are paintings that express family affection. The First Step in Life is Van Gogh's copy of Miller's painting of the same name. Van Gogh has always regarded Miller's work as the test for his paintings. In the last year of Van Gogh's life, he copied more than 20 of Miller's paintings, one of which was "The First Step in Life".

Van Gogh's "The First Step in Life", oil on canvas, 100.3cm×161.3cm, Collection of the Museum of Art of New South Wales, Sydney, 1890

The work depicts an intimate family scene in which a peasant woman on the right helps her to toddler, and the father of the baby girl on the left crouches on the ground and encourages her to move forward. The natural tones of yellow and green, exaggerated and deformed brushstrokes, let people feel the leap of life, and the ordinary reveals great love and affection.

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > Miller's rural family life</h1>

Jean François Miller, is the most beloved painter in the history of modern French painting, and his simple and kind artistic language is especially loved by the vast number of French peasants. Written in 1850, Feeding reflects the living conditions of rural families at that time.

Miller's Feeding, 1850, now in the Louvre Museum, France

The three children sitting on the threshold in turn appear innocent, waiting for their mothers to take turns feeding them spoon by spoon. On the far right, the father of the children can be seen working in the field, who is a breadwinner. I believe that in the face of such a scene, I believe that many viewers will have a strong resonance.

<h1 style="text-align: center;" > the Munch family full of uneasiness and pain</h1>

Unlike the artists mentioned earlier, who exude love for their families in their works, Edward Munch's works can always bring people spiritual anxiety, fear, uneasiness and other emotions. The tone of Munch's paintings has always been related to illness and death, loneliness, and aging, and has been repeatedly depicting these themes.

The Sick Boy, 1907 Oil Paint. Canvas 137 x 139 cm Ted Gallery, London, UK

For example, Munch's works "Sick Child" and "Dead Mother and Child" obviously come from the impression that his sister died and his mother died when he was a child. In order to express the pain of death, Munch applied a thick paint and kept scraping with a knife and pen to strengthen the pain with scratches.

Munch's Dead Mothers and Children, etching, copperplate engraving, Munch Museum, 1901

The family's misfortune also seems to implicate Munch's personal feelings, and he did not have a very good ending. Munch's portrait of Tula Larson, a portrait completed during his love affair with his fiancée, Tula Larson, was also shot in the left hand by Munch in 1902 and permanently damaged due to a dispute between the two men, after which Munch split the portrait in half.

Munch's Self-Portrait with Tula Larson

Writing this, I miss home...

"Local New Year" or "home for the New Year" is actually not important, and spending this Spring Festival safely is what we like most. However, the increase in travel demand during the Spring Festival is inevitable, but we must pay more attention to not going to medium- and high-risk areas in the country, and adhere to the three principles of protection: wear masks, wash hands frequently, and keep distance.

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