Mother & Child in the Park — Henri Lebasque | Zolota Ptakha

Lebasque returned to the park scene throughout his career, treating it almost as a private studio: shifting light, ordinary clothes, no fuss. This mother-and-child study sits in the long French tradition that runs from Morisot and Cassatt through to the early twentieth century, where motherhood is shown without sentimentality. As a postcard it makes a generous gift — for a new parent, for an old friend, or as a soft note inside an art postcard collection of family scenes.