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The FOOD of ART FICT. CONVERGENCES SKETCHBOOK

© Nadeem Haidary 2009

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The Food of Art

This small multiple poster analyzes twelve still life masterpieces for their nutritional content. Though the piece is humorous, the data is rich and often indicative of the artist’s economic means. For example, compare the court painter Frans Snyders' 39,851 calorie feast at left to Vincent Van Gogh’s four meager onions. Each painting from the poster is shown below.

the frame

The Food of Art at The Frame gallery in Pittsburgh.

peaches peaches

Still Life with Peaches & Jar
Unknown (Roman)
1st century AD

flemish flemish

Still Life with Fruit, Vegetables and Dead Game
Frans Snyders (Flemish)
c.1635-1637

aeist aeist

Breakfast Still Life
Willem van Aelst (Dutch)
1671

chardin chardin

Still Life with Slice of Salmon
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (French)
c.1734

bustos bustos

Still Life with Fruit and Toad
Hermenegildo Bustos (Mexican)
1874

vangogh vangogh

Still Life: Drawing Board, Pipe, Onions and Sealing Wax
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch)
1889

cezanne cezanne

Still Life with Basket of Apples
Paul Cézanne (French)
1890-1894

skate skate

Still Life with Skate
Chaïm Soutine (Russian)
1923

warhol warhol

Campbell's Soup Cans
Andy Warhol (American)
1962

eggs eggs

Eggs
William Bailey (American)
1966

cake cake

Columbian Still Life
Fernando Botero (Columbian)
1969

lichtenstein lichtenstein

Cubist Still Life
Roy Lichtenstein (American)
1974

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