Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Rooster, Hen, and Hydrangeas by Ito Jakuchu

Rooster Hen Hydrangeas by Ito Jakuchu

This piece unearths features and insights for the painting Rooster, Hen, and Hydrangeas such as:

• What’s special about silk painting.
• Buddhism symbols in Rooster, Hen, and Hydrangeas.
• Flirting fowl and Edo Period values.

Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child

Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child 1880 Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt’s painting Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child dwells in motherhood. Its careful composition combines with a smudgy Impressionist technique. This painting captures a moment of messy mothering.