Figure Studies
The Elder Sister (La soeur aînée)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
A tender and luminous study of sibling affection by the celebrated master of French Academic painting.
Art for the Nursery
Soft, airy works that keep the room calm, gentle, and light.
Gentle color, lighter forms, and a soothing pace make these works feel calm, tender, and easy to live with.
Figure Studies
A Child Showing Pictures from a Book
Jeanne-Élisabeth Chaudet
A tender Neoclassical scene of childhood curiosity, featuring a young child pointing at an illustration in a book.
Figure Studies
Poem of the Soul: The Angel and the Mother
Louis Janmot
A luminous and serene composition depicting a moment of spiritual protection and maternal tenderness.
Figure Studies
Grandmother with a Child
Pierre Bonnard
A tender, intimate domestic scene by Post-Impressionist master Pierre Bonnard.
Figure Studies
Childhood
Hermann Sondermann
A tender 19th-century painting of a child playing with a toy horse in a rustic interior.
Figure Studies
A Mother with her Child
Louis Bernard Coclers
This charming 1794 genre painting depicts an intimate and tender domestic moment between a mother and her child.