Mother and Child; Invitation to Art; Invitation to Art: Mother and Child

O'Doherty, Brian · August 21, 1959

Direct from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This series explores man and the world around him through the eyes of artists, past and present, and aims to develop an understanding of art as a direct expression of universal emotions. As the host, Dr. Brian O'Doherty, young Irish poet, painter and art critic, brings a fresh, witty and warmly human point of view to the visual arts. Dr. Brian O'Doherty, a native of Ireland, was a Fellow for Research in Education at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Formerly, he was art critic, reviewer for the Dublin Magazine and lecturer at the National Gallery of Ireland. In this episode, O?Doherty showcases art housed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston that focuses on mothers and children. Some art featured includes a painting by Italian artist Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia and a painting created during the Renaissance in Flanders, Belgium.