Meat in art: paintings, drawings and prints

A Slaughterhouse in Hellebæk, Carl Bloch

A Slaughterhouse in Hellebæk, 1884.

En slagtergård i Hellebæk (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on wood

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Ham and Tomatoes, 1918.

Jambon et Tomates (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Beef and Calf's Head, c. 1925.

Boeuf et tête de veau (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

The Ordnance CO's Cookhouse, Henriville, Boulogne, John Lavery

The Ordnance CO's Cookhouse, Henriville, Boulogne, 1919.

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Turkey and Tomatoes, 1923–1924.

Dindon et tomates (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

Prudence, 1560.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), engraving

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Grocer at his Counter, 1882.

Spækhøkeren bag sin disk (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Pigs, 1941–1942.

Les porcs (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil paint

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, France

Carcass of Beef, 1926.

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Turkey, c. 1925.

Le Dindon (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

Still Life with Pheasant, 1924.

Nature morte au faisan (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

The Rabbit, 1923–1924.

Le Lapin (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

The Table, 1919–1927.

La Table (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

côte de bœuf, 1882.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Private collection

Hors d'oeuvre, 1881.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Private collection

Merrymakers at Shrovetide, c. 1616–1617.

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616, Frans Hals

The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616, 1616.

Frans Hals (Dutch), oil on canvas

Frans Hals Museum, Netherlands

French Liberty - British Slavery, James Gillray

French Liberty - British Slavery, 1792.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Still Life with Apple Basket, Meat and Bread Rolls, Vincent van Gogh

Still Life with Apple Basket, Meat and Bread Rolls, 1886.

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands

I think it is a little tough, Grandville

I think it is a little tough, c. 1830–1831.

Je crois qu'il est un peu ferme (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Musée Carnavalet, France

Pardon me, Sir, but I was told I was always sure to find you at this hour, Grandville

Pardon me, Sir, but I was told I was always sure to find you at this hour, 1828–1829.

Pardon Monsieur, mais on m'a dit que (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored lithograph

Musée Carnavalet, France

Butcher's Shop, Saverne, James McNeill Whistler

Butcher's Shop, Saverne, 1858.

Boutique de Boucher-Saverne (museum title)

James McNeill Whistler (American), watercolor and graphite on blue paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Allégorie de la débauche et du plaisir, Hieronymus Bosch

Allégorie de la débauche et du plaisir, 1500.

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Dead Fowl, 1926.

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

England, 1756.

William Hogarth (British), etching, engraving

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Return from the Market, Jean Siméon Chardin

The Return from the Market, 1739.

La Pourvoyeuse (museum title)

Jean Siméon Chardin (French), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

A butcher riding a donkey, Pancho Fierro

A butcher riding a donkey, c. 1848.

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Still Life with Rayfish, c. 1924.

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Display of Chickens and Game Birds, Gustave Caillebotte

Display of Chickens and Game Birds, 1882.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Private collection

The Ham, 1889.

Le Jambon (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Phillips Collection, United States

La Pourvoyeuse, d'après Chardin, Henri Matisse

La Pourvoyeuse, d'après Chardin, 1903.

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Musée Matisse, France

Pain et gigot d’agneau, 1866.

Paul Cézanne (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Cook, c. 1570.

Kocken (museum title)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian), oil on wood

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Flayed Ox, 1925.

Le Boeuf écorché (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de Grenoble, France

The Plucked Chicken, 1925.

Le Poulet plumé (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Musée de l'Orangerie, France

The Gate of Calais, or The Roast Beef of Old England, William Hogarth

The Gate of Calais, or The Roast Beef of Old England, 1748–1749.

William Hogarth (British), etching, engraving

National Gallery of Art, United States

Meat-Day Meal and Kitchen Utensils, Jean Siméon Chardin

Meat-Day Meal and Kitchen Utensils, 1731.

Menu de gras et ustensiles de cuisine (museum title)

Jean Siméon Chardin (French), oil on copper

Louvre Museum, France

Prudence, 1559.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

La Cène, 1511.

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

The British Butcher, Supplying John Bull with a Substitute for Bread, James Gillray

The British Butcher, Supplying John Bull with a Substitute for Bread, 1795.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

La Charcutière, 1883.

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Bread and Meat, 1910.

パンと肉 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on canvas

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Carcass of Beef, c. 1925.

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, United States

Roasting the Christmas Beef in a Cavalry Camp, Frederic Remington

Roasting the Christmas Beef in a Cavalry Camp, 19th century.

Frederic Remington (American), oil on canvas

Yale University Art Gallery, United States

Two Pheasants, 1924–1925.

Les Deux Faisans (museum title)

Chaïm Soutine (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Comanche Village, Women Dressing Robes and Drying Meat, George Catlin

Comanche Village, Women Dressing Robes and Drying Meat, 1834–1835.

George Catlin (American), oil on canvas

Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States

Armed Heroes, 1803.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Tête de veau et Langue de bœuf, Gustave Caillebotte

Tête de veau et Langue de bœuf, 1882.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

In a Cellar in Concarneau, Peder Severin Krøyer

In a Cellar in Concarneau, 1879.

I en kælder i Concarneau (museum title)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish), oil

Skagens Museum, Denmark

On flaire la marchandise... avant de la mécaniser!..., Honoré Daumier

On flaire la marchandise... avant de la mécaniser!..., 1839.

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States