The Evil Mothers

The Evil Mothers (Le cattive madri) is one of the most famous paintings by the painter Giovanni Segantini. It dates back to 1894 and is the latest of four paintings in which Segantini takes up the motif of the "Woman in the Tree". The other three paintings are "The Fruit of Love" (Il frutto dell'amore) from 1889, "The Punishment of the Woolly" (Il castigo delle lussuriose) from 1891 and "Angel of Life" (L'angelo della vita) from 1894. The paintings are Segantini's first Symbolist works.