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In honor of Father’s Day coming up, I’ve selected 25 artworks that show fathers in art. Enjoy!
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Dorothea Lange, Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California, Grandfather and grandson of Japanese ancestry, 1942
Gerard Sekoto, The Proud Father, Manakedi Naky on Bernard Sekoto’s Knee, 1947
Agnes Lawrence Pelton, Awakening (Memory of Father), 1943
Cbabi Bayoc, 365 Days with Dad, 2012
Utagawa Kunisada, Father and Son Members of the Forty Seven Rônin from Chûshingura
Honoré Daumier, The Kiss, c. 1845-48
Arnold Genthe, A Holiday Visit, 1895–1908
Lucian Freud, Daughter and Father, 2002
Winslow Homer, Dad’s Coming!, 1873
Edgar Degas, Degas’ Father Listening to Lorenzo Pagans, 1869
Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Portrait of a Man with Three Sons, 1530
New Kingdom, Ancient Egypt, Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon, ca. 1353–1336 B.C.E.
Henry Mosler, Just Moved, 1870
Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, 1512
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Thankful Poor, 1894
Raphael Soyer, The Artist’s Parents, 1932
Walker Evans, Floyd and Lucille Burroughs on Porch, Hale County, Alabama, 1936
Sherrie Levine, After Walker Evans: 2, 1981
Domenico Ghirlandaio, Francesco Sassetti (1421–1490) and His Son Teodoro, ca. 1488
Eugène Delacroix, The Natchez, 1835
Corneille, Father and Sons, 1951
Vincent van Gogh, First Steps, after Millet, 1890
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1662
Miriam Schapiro, Father and Daughter, 1997
Theodor Severin Kittelsen, My Son Tred Always Follow Father’s Footsteps, 1894
I came upon some great links while finding art for this post. Check these links out as well for more fathers in art history.