AWM ART03281

A painting depicting an old woman wearing a long black dress and a white bonnet. She is seated in a kitchen with her hands folded in her lap, and there is a row of blue plates on a whitewashed shelf in the background.

Hilda Rix Nicholas, A mother of France [1914, oil on canvas, 72.6 x 60.2 cm, AWM ART03281]

This is a portrait of Rix Nicholas's neighbour from France, whose son had been killed in one of the first battles of the First World War. In portraying the woman's grief, Rix Nicholas presents her as a symbol of the suffering of all mothers who had lost their sons at war.

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AWM ART03281
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Australian War Memorial

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