Giving your mother the gift of art for Mother's Day can be a very memorable, touching, and personal experience. Depending on the décor of your mother's home and your relationship with her, there are several types of art gifts for Mother's Day to consider below.

#1 – Fine Art: If your mother has classic décor in her home, and she appreciates a more traditional lifestyle, time-honored fine art pieces are probably the way to go. Fine art has a way of evoking sentimental feelings, and a piece chosen for your mother's home on Mother's Day are sure to grace her walls for many years. The American artist and renowned Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt created many beautiful paintings featuring Mothers and children, such as Young Mother Sewing. Gustav Klimt, an esteemed Art Nouveau artist, created one of the most famous Mother and child paintings: Three Ages of Woman. There are also hundreds of other Mother-themed fine art pieces to choose from!

#2 – Word Art: If your mother's house is very homey and down-to-earth, and she appreciates a more relaxed lifestyle, word art is a great way to go! There are many choices for word art that can express whatever you want to communicate with your mother, whether it's the joy or the difficulties of being a Mother. For example, you might choose a rustic, country word art prints that say: “A Mother's Heart is a special place where children have a home.” Or, go contemporary and a little funky with this joyful block-art print that says: “Best Mom Ever.”

#3 – Animal Art: If your mother has pets or a favorite animal she remembers from childhood or loves to talk about, consider animal art as a gift. The Proud Mother art print by Ruane Manning, for example, depicts a Mother dog standing watchfully over her two puppies. For the modern woman, Mother's Love by Su Yue Lee shows a Mother lion carefully licking her cub. From giraffes to hippopotamuses, you're sure to find the perfect animal art to give for Mother's Day!

Gustav Klimt, (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) born near Vienna, is considered one of the major representatives of the Art Nouveau. In his drawings, painting and frescoes, he dispenses with spatial effects emphasizing ornamental and decorative elements, often supported by his mosaic-type use of gold and silver coating, which was marked by positive critical reaction and great success. The celebration of beauty, and especially of female beauty, was the focus of his work. His frequent portrayal of nude entwined bodies was considered offensive and sometimes obscene by his contemporaries. But, they are most appreciated today. In truth, Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his numerous pencil sketches.

Klimt was a founding member and the first president of the group of brilliant Austrian artists known as the Vienna Secession. His most well-known work is, 'The Kiss'. Klimt wrote little about his vision or his methods and kept no diary. In a rare writing called "Commentary on a non-existent self-portrait", he states "I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above all women...There is nothing special about me. I am a painter who paints day after day from morning to night...Whoever wants to know something about me... ought to look carefully at my pictures."