Motherhood

Artist: Mary Cassatt

Title: A Kiss for Baby Anne

I liked this painting because she is emphasizing motherhood and love. We have talked so much about the importance of maternity and the mother-daughter bond. This painting depicts these bonds we have talked so much about. The ways in which they are so close and the mother is kissing her babies cheek truly shows adoration and love. The colors in this painting are so calm; the thing that draws me in the most are the rosy cheeks of the mother and baby Anne which in turn leads you to look at the way she is kissing her cheek. Motherhood is the highest power a woman has in life. Cassatt believed that motherhood was important to all women, even a woman who has no children or doesn't marry still finds maternity important. This painting reminds me of the painting by Vigee-Lebrun and her daughter. The way they show true love through their body positions.