The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Destitute Dead Mother holding her sleeping Child in Winter
c. 1850
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Greatly admired by writers and social activists, Octave Tassaert provided illustrations for books by such celebrated authors as Alexandre Dumas père and Victor Hugo.Description
One of France's leading artists of the mid-19th century, Octave Tassaert was known for his paintings of downtrodden workers, destitute mothers, suicides, and abandoned children. Viewers responded positively to his focus on issues of social injustice, as seen in this painting of a poor mother resting outdoors in the show with her baby. She is leaning against a pile of sticks, a common activity among the poor of gathering and selling small pieces for wood for burning in fireplaces or stoves.- Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, Ohio
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2013.257