Food Art

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Bowl with Fruits" is an abundant, vibrant still life where col...

WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Melons Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann (168...

Still life with fruits. 1930, oil on canvas, 64x56 cm Alfons Mihailovskis (1899. 29. 03. Riga - 1966. 27. 12. Nothingem, England) He graduated the Art Academy of Latvia, master clas...

James Tormey (American, 1938-2017) "Candyland (Mixed Bowl)" on table with white tablecloth cover. Oil Painting on Canvas. Hand signed lower right. Measures approx. - 32" high x 37" wide, total with frame - 37 1/2" high x 42 1/2" wide. James J Tormey, NYC artist, He was born in Brooklyn in 1938. As a young man he moved to Manhattan where he lived and worked for more than 60 years. James Tormey studied at the Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, and at Columbia University and worked in advertising for several years while he painted part time. In the 1960s he supported himself as a photographer, covering openings and events for the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City. For many years he was represented by the Madison Avenue Gallery, in New York City, where he had numerous one-man shows. He has also exhibited in Japan and Germany. The artist makes his home in Manhattan and is represented by the Uptown Gallery, also in New York City. James Tormey paints still lifes of traditional subject matter: fruit, vegetables, or eggs appear in bowls or on surfaces illuminated by powerful directional light. Tormey builds stronger and more precise meaning into his work by exploring how the backgrounds and settings for his still lifes can convey particular ideas. In his recent work, for instance, he painted a series of images in which fruit—a traditional still-life subject—is placed in architectural settings or frames that we usually associate with religious imagery. In Icon, for instance, the artist painted a red cabbage and placed it inside a Renaissance-style frame that he built and decorated himself. Instead of being presented with a saint or a Madonna within such a context, we are given a fully realized, but quite ordinary, vegetable. Tormey’s painting technique involves great care from the beginning. He works in his apartment in Manhattan’s Upper West Side in a meticulously clean space equipped with a very solid easel and a large glass palette on a painting table. For reference he uses photographs he has taken of still-life setups in conjunction with pictures of architectural or other settings he has collected over the years. “I start with a careful graphite drawing right on the canvas,” he explains. These days he uses lightweight cotton duck, although much of his earlier work was done on smoother surfaces. Once the graphite line is established, the artist makes a thin monochrome version of the image with a dull green. “I don’t add anything to the paint other than turpentine,” he explains. “I don’t use oil or glazing mediums because I don’t like shine. The turpentine dulls the paint, which suits what I’m doing.” Once the green layer has dried, the artist applies a second thin layer in a warm brown using burnt sienna or burnt umber. “In all these stages I’m working from dark to light,” he says, “so that I’m always getting a rendered, three-dimensional image.” Tormey works on two or three paintings at a time to allow for sufficient drying time between layers. “I also like the way one painting seems to talk to another,” he says. “It makes for a richer process.” Once he starts working in full color on the image, he continues slowly, applying many thin layers and gradually achieving subtle tonal and color shifts until his forms burst with three-dimensional life. “I work with a very dry brush,” explains the artist. Many of Tormey’s paintings contain dark backgrounds, some of which are pure black—something that can present its own technical problems. “I don’t want those backgrounds to feel present,” he says. “I want them to simply drop out.” Because he doesn’t want any shine on his work he doesn’t use varnish. It’s not surprising that Tormey’s work, with its heavy contrasts and smooth tonal transitions, is strongly influenced by photography. Tormey worked as a photographer for some years, and when he began doing still lifes he often photographed them against black backgrounds. His work was also published as fine art cards, posters, and fine art Giclee prints. He pioneered the "larger-than-life" still-life with his work combining traditional subject matter with a contemporary interpretation that produces startling images of heroic proportions. Light reflected and transmitted lends the natural objects, which are the subjects, a quality which may evoke in the viewer clarity of vision and a delight in the forms of the natural world around them. His work conveys a powerful positive philosophy and he once said "I believe the only way we can come to terms with the world is if we look at it as it really is." He believed that artists should take responsibility for the meaning their works carry and stated that "there are definite ideas behind my paintings". He studied at Pratt Institute and Columbia University and worked in advertising and as a photographer before turning to full-time painting. His paintings were exhibited in dozens of galleries around the country, in Germany and Japan and are now seen in numerous public and private collections. While he was not officially part of the Photorealism art...

Kate Verrion Two Pears and a Satsuma Original Still Life Painting Oil Paint on Board Image Size: H 15cm x W 20cm x D 2.5cm Framed Size: H 21.5cm x W 26.5cm x D 5.5cm Sold Framed in a...

Snowmass Gathering Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in A...

Beautiful still life painting of a slice of cantaloupe melon by an unknown artist. Signed lower right, d’0lajos. Circa 1980. Oil on board. Condition good. Overall in art nouveau st...

Wedgwood Menagerie with Citrus, limited edition photograph The Good Dishes integrates memory, legacy, and metaphor with my response to loss. As I witnessed an early generation of family members pass, my cousins and I were each faced with the emotional task of cleaning out the family home. Sorting through the heirlooms, we would determine which items to toss, sell, or preserve. Without fail, when it came to the family’s fine china, that item was always given to the person who most cherished its memory and sentimental value. Growing up in a large Italian family, everything was centered around food and the family table. I remember vividly my mother’s vintage marigold stoneware dishes that she bought at the grocery store back in the early 1970s. She used them every day for as long as I could remember, and they had a life of their own. Along with my mother’s everyday dishes...

E Shipley Zambezi with Blueberry Onion Cup, limited edition, archival photograph, signed and numbered. The Good Dishes integrates memory, legacy, and metaphor with my response to loss. As I witnessed an early generation of family members pass, my cousins and I were each faced with the emotional task of cleaning out the family home. Sorting through the heirlooms, we would determine which items to toss, sell, or preserve. Without fail, when it came to the family’s fine china, that item was always given to the person who most cherished its memory and sentimental value. Growing up in a large Italian family, everything was centered around food and the family table. I remember vividly my mother’s vintage marigold stoneware dishes that she bought at the grocery store back in the early 1970s. She used them every day for as long as I could remember, and they had a life of their own. Along with my mother’s everyday...

"Bread and Butter," Oil on Canvas, 32 x 48 Inches, is an elegant, large-scale, highly realistic still life of a twisted loaf of bread (like a brioche), butter in its foil wrapper par...

Antique American modernist realist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.

"Pink Lollipop" is a resin sculpture by Elena Bulatova. She is originally from Russia now is an international artist who resides permanently in Palm Sp...

Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks

Oiseau à la Huppe, Picasso, ashtray, design, ceramic, animals, art, postwar Oiseau à la huppe Ed. 500 pcs 1952 White earthenware clay, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel, bl...

Beautiful oil painting of a basket of Fuji apples with a plaid cloth hanging behind by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. Image, 24"H x ...

Wonderful mid-century modern oil painting of wheat and fruit by Wanda Faust (American, 20th century), c.1950. Signed lower left corner "Faust." Displayed i...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Grapes on Navajo Rug Year: 1977 Edition: 145/175, plus proofs. Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 24 x 31 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed and numbered by the artist. LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...

How Much? Digital C-Print / Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5 per size Available sizes: 24 x 24 in. 36 x 36 in. Refined Sugar Collection.

Oriental Oranges by Kate Verrion [2021] original Oil on Oil paper Image size: H:14.5 cm x W:20.9 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:14.5 cm x W:20.9 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed Pleas...

"Treat Yourself" Oil on Panel, 6 x 6 inches. Painting of Chocolate Cupcake with White Frosting and Red Cherry on Top on a Pale Blue and White Background. Framed in Silver ( 11 x 11 Inches Framed Size). There are 7 additional cupcake paintings...

Joe Peters Nautilus, 2009 Borosilicate Glass 11h x 10w x 4d in

This artwork "Still Life with Watermelons and Cantaloupes" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. I...

Locals know them as "bugs". A small bug is a one pound lobster. Artist Jeff Conroy was able to print this "bug" - a behemoth weighing in at almost 8 pounds aptly named "Big Bug". The artist uses a style of gyotaku printing which uses various inks directly on a fish (or in this case, a lobster) and then "prints" it to paper. Here he has used acrylic to print this monster on mulberry paper. This work is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Big Red Bug...

Composition with jars and fruit. Realistic Oil painting still-life Bright colors. Oil on panel by Spanish artist Álvaro Toledo. Measurements in centimeters: 44 x 71 x 1 cm / Framed...

Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames. Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...

Artist: Donald Sultan (American, born 1951) Title: Pears Year: 1989 Medium: Color silkscreen and lithograph Edition: Numbered 87/125 in pencil Paper: Arches 88 Image size: 12 x 12 inches paper size: 22 x 23 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Publisher : Parasol Editions Press L.T.D. Portland, Oregon. Condition: Excellent Frame: Framed in a custom wooden maple frame, with fabric bevel and matting. Description: From the suite, Fruits Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and print maker, well-known for large-scale still life paintings and the use of industrial materials such as tar, enamel, spackle and vinyl tiles. He has been exhibiting internationally in prominent museums and galleries, and his works are included in important museum collections all over the globe. Donald Sultan rose...

WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Apples Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann (16...

Signed lower right, 'Esther Lyne' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1955. A sensitively painted Post-Impressionist oil still-life showing a view of a hand-painted creamware jug...

This painting was done with high quality oil paint on canvas using the classic Flemish technique. The canvas is stretched on a wooden frame (back), the sides were painted, and it c...

Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Rainbow Six Pack 3" is an oil painting that depicts a half dozen donuts glazed in yellow, orange, red, green, blue, and purple all packed together. **Pl...

WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Java Apples Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann...

Gregory Block's (US based) "Over the Rainbow" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a variety of colorful box of fresh donuts in high detail. About the Artist: Gregory was...

STILL LIFE WITH GRAPES is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American artist Lowell Nesbitt (b.1933-1993). Printed on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free using hand lithography techniques. STILL LIFE WITH GRAPES is a modern fruit still life depicting two bunches of plump green and red grapes, and green pear displayed on an Southwest style geometric Aztec patterned textile as a background. STILL LIFE WITH GRAPES is an eye-appealing composition using vivid colors including warm red, black, gray, yellow gold, light green, purple, burgundy and white. Print size - 21.5 x 28.25 inches, unframed, excellent condition, very fine impression, pencil signed by Lowell Nesbitt Edition size - 175, plus proofs Year published - 1978 Lowell Blair Nesbitt (October 4, 1933 - July 8, 1993) was an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. He studied at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Nesbitt worked in abstraction until Robert Indiana suggested in the early 1960s that he explore realism in his paintings. As subjects for his work he favored studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes, his Rottweiler, the Neo-Classical facades of 19th century cast iron buildings, and Manhattan's bridges. He was also famous for his enormous paintings and prints of roses, lilies, irises, and other flowers. He served as the official artist for the NASA Apollo 9, and Apollo 13 space missions; in 1976 the United States Navy commissioned him to paint a mural in the administration building on Treasure Island spanning 26 feet x 251 feet, then the largest mural in the United States; and in 1980 the United States Postal Service honored Lowell Nesbitt by issuing four postage stamps depicting his paintings. His first solo exhibition was mounted at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958 and during his lifetime he had more than 130 solo exhibitions of his work at various galleries, museums, and universities, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Kent State University, the McNay Art Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Burpee Art Museum, and the Tyler Gallery...

Picasso Quatre Poissons Polychromes (Four Polychrome Fishes), 1947 is a wondrous mixture of color and charm. In the center of the dish are three fish, e...

This is a diptych of Pocket Quail's Egg No. 3 and Pocket Juicy Red Strawberry. Both art works are the same size. Pocket Quail's Egg No. 3 is an original oil painting by Dani Humber...

Paper Size: 30 x 21 inches ( 76.2 x 53.34 cm ) Image Size: 30 x 21 inches ( 76.2 x 53.34 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Detai...

Framed 29.5 X 37.25 sight 28.5 X 36.25 Hedva Yardeni was born in 1969 in Jerusalem to a traditional jewish family. She grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. During 2004 yardeni settled in los angeles, on this time Yardeni's work was based on images, landscapes and jewish symbols taken from her childhood in Jerusalem. The dominant motif in her work is the pomegranate. In the jewish – Israeli tradition, a myriad of symbolic meanings has been ascribed to the pomegranate. This humble fruit signifies the land of israel and the revival of the jewish people. It is the symbol of the land's wealth and prosperity. Yardeni returned to Israel in 2005, settling in the galilee. She rediscovered the exquisite beauty of her home land and let the full expression of her deep love to Jerusalem from her soul and onto the canvas.Her recent work is full of light and joy reflect an inner spirit that is always reaching towards the Almighty. They are more abstract, pure and radiant with light. Her work has a naive, whimsical, folk art quality to it. Yardeni grew up in Jerusalem and completed her BA in art at Kay academy Beer Sheva, and my MA at Schechter Institute of jewish Studies...

Cat. no. 1 in the catalogue raisonne by Alain Ramie, Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947 - 1971. Galerie Madoura. 1988. Artist's stamp on verso. Edition 151/200.

A delightful oil still life of various produce set on a wooden table with a glass of wine. We can see the still life has been set outside amongst the greenery and garden wall behind ...

William Mason Brown was born in Troy, New York, where he studied for several years with local artists, including the leading portraitist there, Abel Buel Moore. In 1850, he moved to ...

Mixed media on canvas Shape of heart Unique piece Hand signed at the back Mint condition

"Àgbájo Owó L’Afií S’òya (Togetherness Brings About Progress)" is a striking artwork created by the Nigerian artist Wale Ajayi. This piece embodies the rich...

Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 24 x 20 inches (Edition of 5) $3,335 40 x 30 inches (Edition of 3) $4,200 50 x 40 inches (Edition of 2) $6,500 This photograph is...

Oil on panel, monogrammed mid left Image size: 15 x 12 1/4 inches (38 x 31 cm) Dutch ripple style frame Loeding was born in Leiden in around 1637 and was admitted into the Leiden Guild of St Luke in 1664. Like other Dutch cities, Leiden required membership in the guilds in order to sell wares falling under the various specifications. There is no record of his artistic training or influences, but he likely belonged to the circle of artists including Pieter de Ring and Gerrit Dou, who founded and maintained the Guild.  Loeding is last registered as a member in 1673. One of the most versatile genres that emerged from Dutch 17th Century artistic specialisms is that of 'pronkstilleven'; a laden table with a variety of rich textures, like ornate glassware, gilded goblets, exquisite nautilus cups...

“Never taking anything for granted, I am so grateful to be able to paint every day.” Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding wit...

Georgina Klitgaard Apples and Pears Still Life Signed lower right Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign artists to membership in one school or another. Unfortunately for her posthumous reputation, Klitgaard defied easy characterization. She was a U.S. modernist, working in both oil and watercolors, but never abandoned figurative painting. She made her reputation in landscape but also excelled in portraits, flower studies, and even cityscapes. Yet despite Klitgaard’s ambiguous status in art history, her paintings continue to fascinate viewers attracted to the unsteady ground between twentieth-century realism and expressionism. Georgina Klitgaard (née Berrian) was born in Spuyten Duyvil, New York (now part of the Bronx); the Berrians had lived in the area since at least the U.S. Revolution. After graduating from Barnard College, she studied art at the National Academy of Design. In 1919 she married Kay Klitgaard, a Danish artist and writer. The next year, her life took a decisive turn when the couple visited friends in Woodstock, NY—about 120 miles north of New York City--and fell in love with the area. In 1906, L. Birge Harrison helped found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape painters. The Klitgaards bought a house in 1922 on a steep ledge at the end of Cricket Ridge, high above Bearsville, which provided panoramic vistas overlooking the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson Valley. Klitgaard joined the artists’ colony in the area, which at the time included artists Ernest Fiene and Katherine Schmidt. Klitgaard exhibited widely and her career slowly developed momentum. She was a regular contributor at Whitney Museum shows from 1927 to 1944. In 1929, she exhibited a painting entitled “Carousel” in the Whitney Studio Club’s famous exhibition “Circus in Paint.” Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney acquired five paintings by Klitgaard in the early 1930s and served as a significant patron for the artist. Klitgaard s New York dealer, Frank Rehn...

This acrylic painting was created in a photorealistic style by American artist Charles Wildbank. It measures 48 x 60 inches and is signed in the lower left hand corner. It is in exce...

At first glance, simple, banal things are visible but something is clearly strange here, what is going on here? And where did a piece of cake disappear? keywords; surrealism, food, ...

PEARS & GLASS VASE Size: 29.5 x 37 cm (including frame) Tempera on board A brilliantly executed and characterful surrealist still life composition, executed in tempera on board in 1...

"Candy Stash" 18"x24" Original Oil Painting by Contemporary realist Megan Eisenberg. Made with high quality Gamblin oil paints on a 1” deep hardwood panel and framed in a birchwood ...

" le Bouquetin aux Aguets " . signed Jean Cocteau ; marked and numbered Edition originale de Jean Cocteau . Atelier Madeline & Jolly N° 3/10 (underneath ). partially glazed terrac...

Title: Cherry Tree Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 35 x 47 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This paintin...

Autumn expression. Oil on cardboard. 95x68 cm Apples on blue table and blue drapery Kristine Kvitka (1983) Kristine Kvitka is a Latvian artist, born in Riga in 1983, currently liv...

Title: Fruits VI Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 20 x 23.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.This painting is on ...

Archival pigment print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on label, verso 11 x 11 inches (Edition of 7) 15 x 15 inches (Edition of 5) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, locat...

A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering - Oversize Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Vil...

Still Life with Mediterranean Seafood Madyol Jacques Brussels 1871 – 1950, Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left, verso inscribed "Poissons de la Méditerranée" Expo Jan. 84...