Frédéric Bazille – Prawn Pho
Frédéric Bazille, Soup Bowl Covers (1864), oil on canvas, 22 x 35 cm, Private Collection Frédéric Bazille was an impressionist painter interested in the effects of light who worked with a dark palette. His peers included Pierre Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Édouard Manet, although it was the work of Eugène Delacroix that...
Edvard Munch – Pink Peppercorn Ice Cream & Bittersweet Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am delighted to introduce my October blog collaborator, Siri from The Transplanted Baker. The title of her blog refers to Siri’s status as an American ex-pat living on the west coast of Norway. We decided to continue with the Norwegian theme with the art selection so we chose the famous painting The Scream by...
William Nicholson – Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding
Sir William Nicholson, Mushrooms (1940), oil on canvas board, 34.9 x 45.1 cm, Tate Collection Sir William Nicholson was a British artist who worked in both oil paint and graphic woodcuts. He was known for his minimal landscapes, influenced by the compositional and tonal qualities found in the canvases by Whistler. Throughout his career Sir...
Paul Klee – Apple & Red Onion Sauerkraut with Wiener Schnitzel
I am pleased to introduce a new monthly feature to Feasting on Art – blogger recipe collaboration. It is a great way to highlight some of the writers and photographers that I follow and who influence my work. Each collaboration will focus on one painting and two recipes – one sweet and the other savory....
David Shrigley – Chipotle Ketchup & Dark Beer Mustard
David Shrigley, Hot Dog (2002), photograph on paper, 30 x 40 cm, edition of 10 Although David Shrigley’s photographs are included in major public museums including the Tate Collection, he is predominantly known for his humorous cartoons like Who I Am And What I Want 26. His drawings often feature text acting as commentary about...
Pablo Picasso – Sangria Chicken & Radicchio Salad
Pablo Picasso, Nature morte au citron et un pichet rouge (Still Life with Lemon and Red Pitcher) (c.1955)Etching, (image size) 33 x 40.6 cm, Edition of 300 After painting his way through first academic realism, then the subsequent Blue, Rose, and African-Influenced Periods, Cubism, Classicism and finally Surrealism, Pablo Picasso arrived at a point in...
Piet Mondrian – Pound Cake
This post is inspired by Caitlin Williams Freeman’s Mondrian Cake from the cafe at the San Francisco Museum of Art. I wanted my version to be easily recreated in any home kitchen. The cake was delicious but there are a few things I will change the next time I try this recipe. First, I will...
Fernand Léger – Michelada
Fernand Léger, Still Life with a Beer Mug (1921), oil on canvas, 92.1 x 60 cm Fernand Léger’s background in architecture proved to be a defining characteristic of his artistic style. The angular forms and patterns found in the paintings from his ‘mechanical period’ all embody the post-war mentality of order and regulation. The horizontal...
Louis Lozowick – Caramel Pear Butter
Louis Lozowick, Still Life #2 (1929), lithograph in black on woven paper36 x 51.2 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Louis Lozowick was a Russian born artist who immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century. He produced many lithographs during his 50-year career in his signature streamlined style. He was influenced...
Luis Meléndez – Baby Octopus in Sofregit Sauce
Luis Meléndez, Still Life with Tomatoes, a Bowl of Aubergines and Onions (c.1771-4), oil on canvas, 36.8 x 49 cm Although he received little acclaim during his lifetime, Luis Meléndez is now recognized as one of the greatest 18th-century Spanish still life artists. His works are powerful and striking though his balanced composition and control...
Fernando Botero – Frozen Watermelon Margarita
Fernando Botero, Still Life with Watermelon (1992), oil on canvas, 95 x 116 cm Fernando Botero is a Colombian artist who gave himself the title “most Colombian of Colombian artists.” Botero is primarily known for his portraits and for the exaggerated the proportions of his subjects. His ‘large people’, deemed obese by critics, are very...
Édouard Manet – Ham, Gruyère, and Moutarde Palmiers
Édouard Manet, The Ham, 1875, oil on canvas, 13 x 16 cm, The Glasgow Museum This is my third post to feature a still life by Édouard Manet. As with his still life A Bunch of Asparagus (1880), Manet pays very little attention to composition, and through the placement of the subject in the centre...