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Still life with apricots and duduk
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600
Still life with Armenian Brandy
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600
Strictly viewed, everyone is here
Galia Chuntova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Just Avocado... (Still life painting in hyperrealism)
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$6,630
Suffocated Still Life II
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 100 x 110 x 0.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
$506
Growing space VI
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 140 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$2,809
Tulipani all'alba
Antonella Scolfaro
Painting - 20 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$337
Red Popsicle
Jennifer Gilligan
Painting - 31.75 x 24.13 x 0.6 cm Painting - 12.5 x 9.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,090
Sorry I'm late to Zoom, I was disinfecting my (organic) oranges
Amy Nelder
Print - 61 x 61 cm Print - 24 x 24 inch
$1,300
Sorry I can't come to the phone right now, I'm Lysoling my bananas
Amy Nelder
Print - 61 x 61 cm Print - 24 x 24 inch
$1,300
Sólo tu cabes en la palma de mi mano
Juan Carlos Alom
Print - 75.9 x 55.9 x 0 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.01 inch
$1,500
French School - Still life Apples and jar Starwars
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,236
Fleurs à la guitare
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$336 $236
Few Strokes of Yellow
Miljan Vasiljevic
Painting - 15.2 x 24.1 x 5.1 cm Painting - 6 x 9.5 x 2 inch
$550
Burger and Fries to Go
Brian Nash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,400
Trio of Gummy Bears
John Schieffer
Painting - 182.9 x 182.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 72 x 72 x 1 inch
$35,000
Le Panier en Zinc
Laurence Gasior
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,494
Vieille femme au panier de pommes
Alberto Cecconi
Painting - 70.5 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$941
A Little Pomegranate
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
$292 $197
Enfant marmite
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$787
L'aquarium au verre bleu
Christian Jodin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 10 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 3.9 inch
$556 $390
“Donald” Green
Ruslan Kolomiyets
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,461
Natura morta olandese
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 29.5 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$174 $148
Wrapping Bonbon Red
Laurence Jenkell
Sculpture - 84 x 28 x 35 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 11 x 13.8 inch
$19,102
Natura morta con vespa
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$191
Wrapping BonBon Tricolors
Laurence Jenkell
Sculpture - 42 x 13 x 7 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 5.1 x 2.8 inch
$7,866
Nature morte au couteau
Magali Palatan
Painting - 50 x 62 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24.4 x 1 inch
$1,078
Salmon for Lunch
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 38.1 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15 x 18 x 1 inch
$580
Désert algérien
Thierry Bazin
Photography - 37 x 37 x 0.5 cm Photography - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.2 inch
$551
Temptations of Elena
Galia Chuntova
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,405
Just Bananas... (Still life in hyperrealism)
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.9 inch
$6,630
Gourmandise glacée
Delphine Hogarth
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,483
The Feast Unveiled
Inga Makarova
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
$20,226
The porcelain cup - Italian painting still life + frame
Andrea Borella
Painting - 45 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 17.7 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
$702
Lemons & books - Italian painting still life
Andrea Borella
Painting - 80 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$787
Parisian breakfast
Christian Jodin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$556 $390
Musique by night
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$336 $236
Hôtel Le Festival
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$336 $236
On the Kitchen Table 6
Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,584
On the Kitchen Table 5
Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,584
On the Kitchen Table 4
Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,584
On the Kitchen Table 2
Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,584
On the Kitchen Table 3
Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova
Photography - 50 x 75 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 inch
$2,584
On the Kitchen Table 1
Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova
Photography - 90 x 135 cm Photography - 35.4 x 53.1 inch
$3,933
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.