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Image: Ezequias, Colhedor de Bananas (Banana Picker) (2007) For our Saturday art posts we remain focused on the theme of where food comes from. The piece we highlight today comes from Brazil. Colhedor de Bananas or Banana Picker is by a Brazilian artist, Ezequias, who came of age in the seventies and gained some traction […]
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Image: Rosa Bonheur, The Highland Shepherd (1859). One of the benefits of searching out art on a specific topic is the chance to discover lesser-known artists. The more narrow the topic, the deeper one must dig. In our case, the subject we have focused on this year is the sources of food. The serendipitous discovery […]
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Image: Winslow Homer, Fresh Eggs (1874). On Saturday, we like to post about art that intersects with the world of food. This year our theme as been the sources of food and today we turn to the farm. Fresh Eggs is by Winslow Homer. There is little need to provide background on Homer. The work […]
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Image: David Burliuk, Woman with Rooster (1951). It has been a month since the Russian military began its assault on Ukraine. So, for our weekly art posting we return to the overall theme of the sources of food, but also tie it to contemporary events. At a time when Ukraine is taking steps to protect […]
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Image: Paul Sérusier, White Cow (c. 1895). Something for spring for our weekly art post. We typically tie the subject to food, and this year we have been focusing on art depicting where food comes from. This painting is by French painter Paul Sérusier. He came of age as the Impressionists were being eclipsed by […]
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Image: Detail of Zhou Wenjing, Rustic Retreat among Fisherman (15th Century). For our Saturday art post we return to the theme for the year of where food comes from. We go back to Ming era China and the work of a court painter capturing a scene of working fishermen. This painting, Rustic Retreat among Fishermen, […]
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Image: Volodymyr Orlovsky, A Ukrainian Landscape with Windmill (1882) On Saturdays, we like to post about art that intersects with the world of food (consistent with the primary purpose of this site to be a dining guide for Washington, D.C.). This year we are focusing on the theme of where food comes from. Ukraine has […]
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Image: Pablo Picasso, Guernica (1937). On Saturdays, we usually post about art that intersects with the world of food. Today, however, we break from the escapism of still lifes and feasts. Due to current events, there was one piece of art that seemed appropriate to highlight. Guernica was created to be part of the Spanish […]
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