‘Mother and Child’, an enduring theme for Philippine artists

Pin it on Catholic influence or Filipinos' natural matriarchal tendency, but depicting the bond of a mother and her child is so meaningful that it has somehow become an established tradition of visual artists: almost every iconic Filipino artist has drawn inspiration from this theme.

So powerful is the unspoken message of a mother and a child that luminaries in the Philippine art scene have sought to capture it in their own works, all of which are copyright protected.