# agnes lawrence pelton

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.

- [Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Fathers](http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/2009/10/dorothea-langes-migrant-fathers.html)
- [Fatherhood Connection, Met Museum](http://www.metmuseum.org/connections/fatherhood)
- [The Art Of Fatherhood: The Best Representations Of Fathers In Art](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood_n_1598219.html)
- [Cbabi Bayoc, _365 Days with Dad Calendar_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MV9C9GQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00MV9C9GQ&linkCode=as2&tag=cislowedo-20&linkId=SA2QNPVVTD53FHEL)