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Image: Qi Baishi, Three Longevities (Three Peaches). It is an annual ritual of anticipation whereby the first crops of summer in the farmers market create an appetite for the next ones. Asparagus brings thoughts of strawberries. Strawberries bring thoughts of peaches. We have yet to spot the peaches in person this year, but for our […]
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Image: Torii Kiyomasu II, Planting in Summer (c. 1724-1736). For our Saturday art post we go back to Edo Japan to a scene of summer planting of rice. The artist is Torii Kiyomasu II (there is a Kiyomasu I, also of the Torii school, but the relationship is not clear). This painting is called Planting […]
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Image: Gifford Beal, The Fish Bucket (1924). Generally we find pieces of art to post for this series by poking around the internet looking for something related to food. This picture came from the more traditional serendipitous path of wandering through a museum, in this case the Phillips Collection. You go to see young Picasso, […]
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Image: Narsiso Martinez, The Weed Sprayer (2020). Ink, gouache and charcoal on found produce box. Charlie James Gallery. On Saturday, we post about art that intersects with food. In our search for content, there are serendipitous moments where something comes up in the searches that is unexpected. This year we have been focused on the […]
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Image: Gustav Klimt, Poppy Field 1907. © Belvedere, Vienna For our weekly art post, we turn to an artist better known for paintings of passion than of nature. Gustav Klimt’s Poppy Field 1907 is the in the collection of the Belvedere in Vienna, which also has in it’s collection his most famous work, The Kiss. […]
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Image: Vincent Van Gogh, Orchard in Blossom (Apricot Trees) (1888). A short post today for our series of weekly art posts about where food comes from. Van Gogh needs no introduction. This piece captures the sun in the orchard on a cloudy day, which seemed appropriate for our weather today. It is in the collection […]
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Image: Zhou Dongqing, The Pleasures of the Fish (1291). This weekend’s art post is a close up of a fish that is part of a much larger scroll from Imperial China. It is inspired by an ancient script. The Pleasures of the Fish is by Zhou Dongqing and dates to the 13th century. It is […]
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Image: Gerard ter Borch, A Maid Milking a Cow in a Barn (c.1652–1654). This week’s art post about food is from the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. It is by the Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch The Getty describes the painting this way: “Gerard ter Borch treated the routine chore of milking in a straightforward […]
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