Saturday 4 December 2010

What's on the Menu?

From Da Vinci to Andy Warhol, famous artists all over the world have portrayed food either as still life or as part of rich dinning scenes and turned them into masterpieces.
For food can be an art of its own.
Leonardo Da Vinci, "The Last Supper"

Frans Snyders, "The Pantry"

Paul Cezanne, "Still Life with Plate of Cherries"

Abraham van Beyeren, "Stillleben mit Geflugel und Fruchten"

Pierre-August Renoir, "Luncheon of the Boating Party"

Andy Warhol, "Campbells Soup Cans"

Rene Magritte, "L'Avenir"

Willem Claesz. Heda, "Nachtisch"

Edouard Manet, "The Lemon"

Konstantin Makovsky, "The Boyars Wedding Feast"

Guiseppe Arcimboldo, "The Market Gardener"