Tags: Artwork.
A Family is an oil on canvas by Louis le Brocquy. Depicting a stark human condition in the aftermarth of World War II Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch Curator of Irish Art at the National Gallery of Ireland notes: ‘The mother lying on a table leaning on one arm stares out with quiet dignity while a menacing looking cat peers out from beneath the draw sheet. In the background the father sits head bowed in a pose suggesting total dejection.
