William Merritt Chase – Red Onion Marmalade
William Merritt Chase, Just Onions (Onions; Still Life) (1912)Oil on wood panel, 53.34 x 65.25 cm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art This is my second post featuring a still life by William Merritt Chase and like the first painting, Still Life with Pepper and Carrot (c.1900), he painted Just Onions (Onions; Still Life )...
Bryant Chapin – Strawberry Shortcake with Blueberry Syrup
In the 1850’s, strawberry shortcake parties were a popular way to celebrate the arrival of summer (2). This sweet dessert is traditionally made with baking soda to produce a crumbly biscuit often referred to as a scone in the UK. For a lower calorie version of the dessert, angel food cake is used to replace...
Henri Matisse – Orange Grapefruit Salad
Henri Matisse, A Vase with Oranges (1916), oil on canvas, Private Collection Henri Matisse, one of the most illustrious 20th-century artists, worked in a beautiful fluid style with strong colour. His work was part of the Fauvist movement which was characterized by emotion expressed with incongruent colours, simplified forms to the point of abstraction, and...
Utagawa Hiroshige – Prawn Dumplings
Utagawa Hiroshige, Lobster and Gray Prawn (from the series A Variety of Fish),Edo Period 19th Century, colour woodcut, 25.2 x 36.7 cm, Tokyo National Museum Utagawa Hiroshige was one of the best later artists of the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition. Ukiyo-e translated means “pictures of the floating world” and it is the common genre for Japanese...
Chinese Chicken Congee
Mother Hen and Chicks, Sung Dynasty, Ink & colour on paper, 60.8 x 32.8 cm Painted in the Sung Dynasty (960-1279), Mother Hen and Chicks is from “The Golden Era” of Chinese painting. Animals, flowers, and birds were common subjects of this era along with ethereal landscapes. Artists sought to accurately depict their subjects as...
Weaver Hawkins – Citrus Cordial
Weaver Hawkins, Little Group with Grapefruit (1942), oil on board, 36 x 46 cm, Private collection Weaver Hawkins, also known as Raokin, was born in London before moving to Australia. His work was heavily impacted by his experiences in WWII where he lost complete control of his right arm and partial control of his left....
Giacomo Ceruti – Chicken Tetrazzini
Giacomo Ceruti, Still-Life with Hen, Onion, and Pot (c.1750s), oil on canvas, Private collection Baroque artist Giacomo Ceruti was also known as Pitocchetto, Italian for little beggar, because of his numerous canvases featuring peasants begging. He is known for his realistic style of painting and often placed his still lifes and portraits in front of...