The Tender World of Albert Roelofs: A Belgian Master of Motherhood and Infancy Albert Roelofs, born Otto Willem Albertus Roelofs in Schaerbeek, Belgium, on September 5th, 1877, was a painter whose legacy resides primarily within the quietly profound realm of domestic scenes. His life, tragically cut short by illness at the young age of forty-three in The Hague in December 1920, nevertheless yielded a remarkably consistent and deeply affecting body of work centered on motherhood, infancy, and the intimate bonds between families. Roelofs’s art isn't characterized by grand narratives or dramati…