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Father's Day Art: Best Portrayals Of Fatherhood From The Heartwarming To The Bizarre (PHOTOS)

Happy Father's Day!

On this momentous occasion of Father's Day, we'd like to honor all the Dads out there for their guidance, wisdom and love. Just to show how much we care, we've compiled some of our favorite representations of fatherhood in the arts.

The fathers depicted below range from heartwarming to outright bizarre. (All those corny dad jokes don't seem so bad after seeing "Saturn Devouring His Son," do they?) From Adam and his dear old Dad, God, to the paternal figures behind greats like Degas and Van Gogh, the following proud papas are as influential as they are eclectic.

What we're trying to say is: Thank you Dads of the world! We realize and appreciate all your hard work, even if we don't say it enough. Enjoy the slideshow below and have a happy, happy Father's Day!

Father's Day Art
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Dorothea LangeManzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Grandfather and grandson of Japanese ancestry1942 (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Gabriel Decker Portrait of a father and his Son1850Watercolor on paper (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Edgar DegasDegas' Father Listening to Lorenzo Pagans1869Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Peter Paul Rubens Saturn, Jupiter's father, devours one of his sons, Neptune1636-1638oil on canvasPrado Museum (credit:Wiki Commons)
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MichelangeloSistine Chapel Ceiling: Creation of Adam1510Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Italy (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Auguste de ChâtillonVictor Hugo with his son François-Victor (detail)1836oil on canvasMaison de Victor Hugo (Paris) (credit:Wiki Commons)
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William BlakeGod Judging AdamEtching, ink, watercolor (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Barthel Bruyn the ElderPortrait of a Man with Three Sons1530oil on canvasHermitage Museum (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Eugene DelacroixHamlet Sees the Ghost of his Father1843 (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Maurycy GottliebRecha Welcoming Her Father. From an incomplete series of illustrations for the play Nathan the Wise.1877 (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Francisco GoyaSaturn Devouring His Son1823 (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Rembrandt van RijnPortrait of Rembrandt's Father (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Ford Madox BrownLear and Cordelia 1849-54Oil on canvas (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Vincent van GoghPortrait of Vincent van Gogh, the Artist's Grandfather1881 (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Utagawa KunisadaFather and Son Members of the Forty Seven Rônin from Chûshingura (credit:Wiki Commons)
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Pierre Mignard Philippe de France with his favourite daughter Marie Louise (future Queen of Spain)Datecirca 1670oil on canvasPalace of Versailles (credit:Wiki Commons)

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