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Egg Study 4 , Silver Gelatin Print
Shine Huang
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$2,400
1 frozen sea bass.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 100.8 x 219.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39.7 x 86.5 x 2 inch
$12,000
Oriental still life
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 119.4 x 109.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47 x 43 x 1 inch
$6,000
Still life - pomegranates
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$200
Pomegranates with a jug
Albert Kechyan
Painting - 45 x 59.9 x 0.8 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.3 inch
$6,227
Still lives with bananas
Kamsar Ohanyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$393
Still life with a melon
Dolores Dilova
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,596
A Little Pomegranate Still Life
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$472
Still Life with Apples
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 37 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 14.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$9,551
Crystal Vase with apples
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$17,979
Still life with lobster, oysters and a tin pot
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 60 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
$4,214
Still life with lemons, oranges and a grapefruit
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 70 x 97 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 38.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,214
Still life with quince
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$480
Six green apples
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$12,360
Eggs and Oranges With Vase
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$12,136
Oranges in a Bowl
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 27.5 x 37.5 x 1 cm Painting - 10.8 x 14.8 x 0.4 inch
$8,540
Pomegranate tree
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$360
Still Life with Melons
Olga Kashshay
Painting - 100 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,978
Stripes & Fruits
Carlos Bruscianelli
Painting - 91.4 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 28 x 1.5 inch
$19,000
No Gluttony Here
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 114 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 44.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$18,473
Le marché aux poissons
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch
$2,809
Lampe pomme de terre
Jean Valera
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$281
Panthere Christian Lattier
Christian Lattier
Photography - 18 x 29 cm Photography - 7.1 x 11.4 inch
$5,506
Quintet of elegance
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 20 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$320
Vessels and Pomegranate
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$300
The solitary pear
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$180
Solitary Splendor
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$340
Pomegranates and Pottery
Zhirayr Khachatryan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$300
Nature's gems: the pomegranate still life
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 20 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$320
Still life - cherries
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 20 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$320
Still life - Fresh walnuts
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 35 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$480
Still life with pomegranates
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$450
Still life - mushrooms
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$450
Pomegrante with textured background
Hasmik Mamikonyan
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$280
Still life - tangerines
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$360
Estallido de dulzor
Manuel Gómez Balsalobre
Painting - 50 x 65 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 2 inch
$3,483
Papillon
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,247
Sardines
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,247
Lithographie originale de Gaveau
Claude Gaveau
Print - 72 x 74 x 0.3 cm Print - 28.3 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
$506
Still life with pomegranates and grape
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$140
Still life with pomegranates and grapes
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$140
Pomegranates with cream background
Hasmik Mamikonyan
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$180
Still life with fruits
Anahit Mirijanyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$380
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.