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Pigeon in the wood by René Magritte

Magritte is an artist that everyone recognizes. His surrealist works are true art because he has been able to start his own style and new movements. As Paul Bocuse and Ferran Adriá. Magritte's work...

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Cheek of veal by Anton Mauve

Mauve was one of the Hague School painters who captured various facets of outdoor life en plein air; he became famous for his heathland landscapes with flocks of sheep where the skies merge with th...

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Tomato soup from Warhol

Warhol, geboren in Pittsburgh is een van de belangrijkste kunstenaars van de twintigste eeuw. Ook hij is begonnen als succesvol illustrator. Zijn inspiratie haalde hij vanaf begin jaren 60 uit de v...

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Vik Muniz Spaghettti

  Vik Muniz takes photographs that have the nature of visual illusion. Muniz calls himself a 'low-tech illusionist' and has found and used endless images from popular culture to art historical mast...

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Beans from Carracci

Annibale Carracci, the Bean Eater (1583)Galleria Colonna, RomeThe Carraccis were an important artist family in the Middle Ages. He ran an art academy together with two brothers. The main point was ...

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Dried pickled ham from Paul Gauguin

Gauguin (1848-1903) believed that every aspect of life should receive the same aesthetic attention as, for example, the human figure. “Don't copy nature too literally. Art is an abstraction.” Gaugu...

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Raw meat by Peter Coker

Peter Coker, the butcher's shop no. 1. (1955)Graves Art Gallery, SheffieldThis realistic work was purchased by the Tate Gallery at the first exhibition, but Coker did not make an immediate breakthr...

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Cheese by Van Dijck

Fruits, bread and three cheeses are laid out sort by kind on a table covered with precious damask cloths. The Haarlem painter Floris Claesz van Dijck is one of the pioneers of Dutch still life pain...

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