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The Lady Strawberry
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 75 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,016
A Parrot's Sour Treat: Lemons and Limes
Grace Diehl
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.4 inch
$1,026
A Sour and Bitter Mix
Grace Diehl
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.7 inch
$1,026
Peaches, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 69.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,855
Still life with Watermelon
Valeria Radzievska
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$1,400
Grenade, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$2,000
Lazy Susan spice rack, Painting, Oil on canvas
John Kilduff
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,670
The Feast Unveiled
Inga Makarova
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
$19,979
Nature morte à la Coupe de Fruit
Fernand Léger
Print - 55 x 75.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 21.7 x 29.7 x 0.1 inch
$4,662
Apple, Apple 6/25
Jaromir Gargulak
Sculpture - 10.5 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture - 4.1 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$522
Hongos y cuchara. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Assiette de poissons
Edouard Arthur
Painting - 33.5 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$868
Still Life with Apples and Coffee
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$643
Still Life with Green Tray
Ania Pieniazek
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$965
Nature morte Poireaux 1911 Leeks Still life
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,609
1915 Pommes Apples
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,164
1915 Artichauts Artichokes
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$2,164
Give him that apple or not?
Tom Kuran
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$6,049
Manifestation: Lemon Boy
Eury Kim
Painting - 90.9 x 72.7 x 3 cm Painting - 35.8 x 28.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,220
Entre dos luces
Seila Otxandiano
Painting - 120 x 120 x 8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 3.1 inch
$1,998
Nature morte avec thé
Henry Meylan
Painting - 54.5 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$823
Something to suck (sol) XL #004
Hersk
Sculpture - 100 x 90 x 90 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 35.4 x 35.4 inch
$3,996
Substances N°10
Marine Foissey
Photography - 40 x 94 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$2,164
Com en el meu cor, a cada raconet un record
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,110
Un dia vam ser aquí...I no ens va faltar res
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,665
Hasta que nos cueste respirar
Carol Tomàs Alcaine
Painting - 20 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$888
Portrait d'une boule
Jean-Luc Parant
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 47 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,775
Cebollas con jarrito. From "Bodegon" series
Dora Franco
Photography - 53 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.9 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Alcachofas con nueces. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 52 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Limones II. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 80 x 53 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Peras en almíbar de vino rojo III
Dora Franco
Photography - 55 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Bodegón con pimentón II. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Hongos con nueces. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 50 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Alcachofas. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 80 x 64 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Alcachofas con jarra II. From the bodegon series
Dora Franco
Photography - 58.9 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.2 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Bodegón con pimentón. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 56 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Limones. From "Bodegon" Series
Dora Franco
Photography - 53 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 20.9 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Peras en almibar de vino rojo II
Dora Franco
Photography - 52 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 20.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Peras en almibar de vino rojo. From Bodegon series
Dora Franco
Photography - 52 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,750
Platanos en Tentación
Celso Castro
Photography - 66 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Platanos Asados
Celso Castro
Photography - 50.8 x 66 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 26 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Voilà l'été - Faits de société série collage
Karine Barbier (dite Ka Bé)
Print - 90 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,532
Food
Food and meals have fascinated artists for centuries. If some of them are interested in still lifes and vanitas artworks, many use food in order to criticise the over abundance that our consumerist society encourages. They create figurative art evoking food from fast food chains and supermarkets as well as the highly branded packaging. Artsper presents a selection that will delight your senses, discover famous foods and brands from our consumer society and traditional representations of food: a real artistic menu that will whet your appetite!
But before exploring our selection, why not take a few moments to explore the relationship that links art and food? Eating is a necessary activity for human survival and food plays an important role in our societies and cultures, so it's not surprising that it is a popular subject in the history in art. In Western art, food has been used symbolically, for illustrating a theme and in order to allow artists to showcase their talent in portraying any subject realistically.
In Ancient Greece, artists represented banquets and feasts through painting and mosaics. In Ancient Egypt, drawings of food were found inside funeral chambers as Egyptians believed that due to magical properties, these drawings would provide the sustenance that the deceased needed in the afterlife. However, it was especially from the Renaissance onwards that food became a more recurrent theme. From the 17th century, especially in Holland, Spain and Italy, food became a separate theme and many still lifes focused solely on the subject. Painters depicted with an impressive level of realism and detail abundant displays of food which often included game, seafood, exotic citruses and grapes. Many such paintings have been interpreted as referring to the transient nature of luxury or the dangers of greed. By the end of the 19th century however, artists turned more to genre scenes and depicted food in more realistic settings. As the Realism movement flourished, they even depicted peasant meals.
The arrival of consumerism in the mid 20th century disrupted the role of food in art. Food started to be carefully packaged and branded and it became a means of communication. Several food items such the Coca Cola bottle, the Campbell's canned food or the classic hamburger have reached the rank of icon. Artists often use such foods in their work to comment on and criticise the society around them.
In contemporary art, artists continue to depict foods in paintings but they also use it to create installations, performance art and photographs. Today there seem to be an infinite number of possibilities for food in art.
If you're looking for a painting for your kitchen, why not choose one that reflects the activities taking place in this oh-so-important room? The same goes for your dining room! On Artsper you'll find a wide range of choice, from classical still lifes painted with impressive realism to pop art works and almost abstract ones that evoke food and meals only in passing. With our selection, you're sure to find the work of art for you.