Mother and daughter. Lady with child

Richard E. Miller (St. Louis, 1875 - 1943)

GPB 809

olio su tela, cm 89x115

Typical of Miller's early production is the depiction of bourgeois interiors. The artist takes up the French Impressionist lesson of Renoir in the complexion and hair of the young woman and of the great Manet in the color contrast of the lady's clothes. Happy is the choice to adopt touches of coral red for the accessories of the two protagonists, whose placement on the canvas defines the most interesting portion of the painting. The painting depicts a mother doing needlework flanked by her daughter, who momentarily suspends observing her mother's work to fix her gaze on the painter.