The artwork titled “Mother and Daughter (B.)” was created by Gerhard Richter in 1965. This piece belongs to the art movement known as New European Painting and falls within the figurative genre.
The artwork depicts a mother and daughter walking side by side. The painting is rendered in grayscale, giving it a monochromatic, almost photographic quality. The figures appear slightly blurred, a distinctive technique often employed by Richter to evoke a sense of motion and temporal distance. The mother’s attire includes a jacket and a skirt, while the daughter dons a patterned top and dark skirt. The background includes indistinct figures and objects, adding to the feeling of captured spontaneity and the fleeting nature of the moment. The overall effect is one of intimacy and nostalgia, encapsulating the essence of a shared, yet transient, experience.
