{"product_id":"mother-and-child-muriel-metcalfe-1910-1994","title":"Mother and Child | Muriel Metcalfe (1910–1994)","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully understated mother and child study by British artist Muriel Metcalfe (1910–1994).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExecuted in delicate pencil lines and broad, spontaneous washes of warm ochre and soft brown, the composition captures the quiet intimacy between mother and child with remarkably little detail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe figures are only partially described, their forms emerging from the paper through a few confident gestures. There is an extraordinary tenderness to the work, particularly in the protective curve of the adult figure and the softly drawn face of the child.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMetcalfe was herself a mother and an accomplished painter, married to the Yorkshire artist Fred Lawson and mother of the artist Sonia Lawson. While her husband and daughter became better-known names, this drawing demonstrates her own sensitivity to the human figure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA particularly appealing example of British figurative drawing, intimate in subject and wonderfully economical in execution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"viki.knott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57670386483580,"sku":null,"price":360.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7295\/1736\/files\/C88209F3-DEEC-4D8A-9CA7-C42C58601F87.jpg?v=1792184274","url":"https:\/\/www.vikiknott.com\/products\/mother-and-child-muriel-metcalfe-1910-1994","provider":"viki.knott","version":"1.0","type":"link"}