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Mother and Child, 1930

  • charcoal, paper
  • 1300 x 1000 mm
  • Inv. 1961-Y

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Constant Permeke pictured the subject of mother and child in many of his paintings and drawings. The woman’s full body in Motherhood is reminiscent of the primitive sculptures of fertility goddesses. There is a notable contrast between the distinct lines of the face on the left and its more fully developed part on the right, which gives the impression of simultaneous side and frontal views. Permeke also used differing techniques for the mother’s body and for the child: transparent shades of colour alongside paint solidly applied, heavy outlines for the mother next to subtle drawing for the child. From the 1920s, Permeke regularly used this method, which is reminiscent of Picasso.

Artist

Constant Permeke RKD VIAF Wikidata
Antwerp 1886 - Ostend 1952
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title Mother and Child
Date 1930
Period 20th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom left: Permeke
Collection print room
Object type charcoal drawings AAT
Inventory number 1961-Y
Acquisition credit purchase
Devos-Permeke, Pierre (coll.)
1961
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1961-Y
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2673/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass
31D112 child Iconclass
31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass
31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass
42A3 mother and baby or young child Iconclass
42A30 motherhood Iconclass
42B12 mother-love Iconclass
42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass
46A222 rural life Iconclass
School / Style Expressionist (style) AAT
Modernist AAT
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 44)
Constant Permeke / Anneleen Cassiman, Jan Ceuleers, Inne Gheeraert. - Antwerpen : Hannibal Books, 2024 (p. 123)
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