Xavier Bueno - Motherhood

The iconography of motherhood is closely linked to the subject of the Madonna and Child. It is probably one of the most popular iconographies in the history of both Western and Eastern art. The Madonna and Child appears since the dawn of medieval painting and remained a constant subject as long as religious themes dominated artistic production (that is, until the 19th century, when themes inspired by everyday life began to be introduced). It is quite common for contemporary artists to treat the iconography of motherhood without directly linking it to the Christian religion.

In the Bueno brothers' artistic practice, although there is a great divergence in stylistic views, it can be said that they share a common ground, found in the emphasis placed on the exaltation of plastic values. In Xavier's case, this affinity with Antonio can be found especially in a graphic work like this, where formal synthesis corresponds to a geometric rationalization of the human figure. The purity of the volumes and the elegance of the graphic line that derives their forms are particularly noteworthy. The work concludes with a delicate hatching that, by indicating the shading, further highlights the group's plasticity.

Xavier Bueno was a Spanish painter born in Vera de Bidasoa in 1915 and died in Fiesole in 1979. His painting career took place largely in Italy, where he moved in 1940. Along with his brother Antonio, Pietro Annigoni, and Gregorio Sciltian, he was part of the "Modern Painters of Reality" group. The group's stylistic leanings were based on Realism, which, over the years, increasingly took on the characteristics of social commentary in Xavier's work. This led to a profound divergence with his brother Antonio.

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