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Still life with pomegranates
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$750
Just Tender Peaches... (Photorealism still life painting)
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$6,549
Still Life With Pomegranates
Marina Dobrovolskaya
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,331
Nature morte aux fruits et pots
Catherine Clare
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$832
Nature morte aux poivrons rouges, verts et citrons jaunes
Catherine Clare
Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$832
Sweet pears
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Spring still life
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 74.9 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,000
Still life with fish, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,650
Carpathian apples
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,700
"Still life with melon", Painting, Oil on Canvas
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,450
Still life with pineapple, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 69.9 x 69.9 x 2 cm Painting - 27.5 x 27.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,850
Blue table still life with fish
Gordon Hopkins
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$6,105
Culinary Heights
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.001 inch
$4,096
Still life with fruits-1
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600
Mémoire de JingDeZhen atelier III
Feng Hatat
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$666
Souvenir d’un café parisien
Sergio Ceccotti
Painting - 65 x 80 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.5 inch
$5,550
5 assiettes en porcelaine « Les diners de Gala »
Salvador Dali
Design - 28 x 31 x 1 cm Design - 11 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,775
Flowers of the East
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 48 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,800
Les suprenes de maillaise liliputiens from Diners a Gala
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 74.9 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 inch
$2,500
Yuyi cup noodle
John Yuyi
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,885
Abstract dollar apple
Ghost Art
Sculpture - 45 x 45 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 17.7 x 17.7 inch
$2,497
Dining Al Fresco On Capri, 1980 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,940
Villa Vera - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,940
Oberon’s Lunch - 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$3,940
Life in Plastic VI
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$999
5 Coca Cola Bottles II
Artash Hakobyan
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,053
Happy Birthday !
Noël Granger
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$100
Les Entre-plats Sodamises
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 29 x 0.2 inch
$2,500
Fruits in the markets of the world (Mondo si Collection Fruit)
Alessandra Bisi
Print - 55 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$222
Coffrage Haribo Hari
Annick B. Cuadrado
Sculpture - 53 x 41 x 6.5 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 16.1 x 2.6 inch
$3,108
Bus 60, Chateau Rouge
Camille Léage
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$165
Anemone per Anti-Pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) from Florals
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
$2,900
Suffocated self portrait I
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,665
All Night Food - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$738
Dining On Capri Al Fresco
Slim Aarons
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 cm Photography - 16 x 20 inch
$2,353
The Oriental Hotel Bangkok
Slim Aarons
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
$4,096
Dal Lake, 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,940
Culinary Heights, 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,940
Adolfo De Velasco - 1988 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Print - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Print - 30 x 40 inch
$3,341
Brunch At Brennans - 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,940
Something to suck medium #109
Hersk
Sculpture - 93 x 34 x 7 cm Sculpture - 36.6 x 13.4 x 2.8 inch
$1,665
Medium Something To Suck #66
Hersk
Sculpture - 92 x 32 x 7 cm Sculpture - 36.2 x 12.6 x 2.8 inch
$1,609
Les spoutniks astiques elasticots statistiques
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 29 x 0.2 inch
$2,500
Les caprices pinces princiers
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 29 x 0.2 inch
$2,500
Les Panaches Panaches from Les Diners de Gala, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 74.9 x 0.5 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,500
Les corbeaux volent sur le dos
Lionel Morateur
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,110
Ukrainian still life
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 89.9 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,300
Still life with watermelon
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 89.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,250
Life in Plastic IV
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,221
Suffocated self portrait
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 150 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$1,887
Suffocated Still Life I
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 1 inch
$999
Suffocated Still Life III
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$555
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.