Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons is an oil on canvas portrait by Joshua Reynolds. Work began on the picture in 1773.
About the Art work
Artist: Joshua Reynolds
Worked time: 1773--1775
Dimensions: 141.5cm x 113cm
Location: National Gallery, London
Art Analysis
Inside the picture, Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Son, the subject that I choose is “Lonely Mom”. I analyzed this painting from the sight of looking at mom and three children. As we can see in this picture, I can see women are taking care of 3 children by herself. For sure, there should be a husband with her because 3 children are God’s present between dad and mom, but I cannot see her husband in this picture. So the theme for this picture could be father’s indifference.
When we think about the time period when that picture is drawn from Joshua Reynolds, that time period is when males had stronger social status than female. As we can see in the picture, women are raising child alone and she is staying at the house with her children and one bird. It can be seen that the women who lived in that era had all the responsibilities in the house.
When I thought about the painter, I thought about what a painter tried to show us with this painting. The painting is showing what is the reality of society. In the 17th century, society was focused on man’s opinion. There is no way to know the real thinking of the author and there is no way to know the purpose why the painter drew this. The only thing I am sure is this paint is not just for pretty design or visual satisfaction. It is criticizing the society about the unfairness between sex.
This picture was not simple at all. First, it has good looking and it makes me feel better and nicer with looking at this picture. As soon as I figure out this picture’s question, I can see many things. The things that I thought about this picture is criticizing the society at that time and looking at the picture in painter view. In the 17th century, society was focused on man’s opinion or thoughts. I believe this painting is focused on that problem and as soon as I saw the painting, I could see the author tried to show us about it. If you guys haven’t looked at this picture look at it with the author’s view. It's going to be an awesome and hard job to do.
Work Citation
“Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Nov. 2018,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Cockburn_and_Her_Three_Eldest_Sons.
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