mothers

"Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1" (1871), Whistler's Mother
8 Artists Who Painted Their Mothers As Muses and Metaphors

When American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s (1834-1903) portrait of his mother, Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler, was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1881, few…

Dorothea Lange, Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California, 1936
8 Artists Who Took Their Mothers' Names
These eight artists bent the rules when branding themselves. Although they worked across two centuries, all chose to adopt their mother’s family names instead of abiding by the traditional patriarchy…