Tea in art: paintings, drawings and prints

The Cup of Tea, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro

The Cup of Tea, 1898.

A chávena de chá (museum title)

Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, oil on wood

National Museum of Contemporary Art – Chiado Museum, Portugal

John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and His Family, Johann Zoffany

John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and His Family, 1766.

Johann Zoffany (British), oil on canvas

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Ida Hammershøi, the Artist's Wife, with a Teacup, Vilhelm Hammershøi

Ida Hammershøi, the Artist's Wife, with a Teacup, 1907.

Kunstnerens hustru Ida Hammershøi med en tekop (museum title)

Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Matrimonial Harmonics, 1805.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching and engraving

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Tea, 1890.

Mary Cassatt (American)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses!, James Gillray

Advantages of Wearing Muslin Dresses!, 1802.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Lady at the Tea Table, 1884.

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita, Kitagawa Utamaro

Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita, c. 1793.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

L'heure du thé, 1911.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Barnes Foundation, United States

Anti-Sacharrites, - or - John Bull and His Family Leaving off the Use of Sugar, James Gillray

Anti-Sacharrites, - or - John Bull and His Family Leaving off the Use of Sugar, 1792.

James Gillray (British), hand-colored etching

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Orphan, 1834.

William Allan (British), oil on wood

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Tea, 1872.

James Tissot (French), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Jonathan Tyers and His Family, Francis Hayman

Jonathan Tyers and His Family, 1740.

Francis Hayman (British), oil on canvas

National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom

Getting Spring Water to Brew Tea

明沈周汲泉煮茗圖軸 (museum title)

Shen Zhou (Chinese), ink on paper, hanging scroll

National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taïwan

The daughter of Tami no Atai Uji in Saki, an example from the Continued Chronicles of Japan, Yashima Gakutei

The daughter of Tami no Atai Uji in Saki, an example from the Continued Chronicles of Japan, c. 1821.

De dochter van Tami no Utai Uji in Saki, een voorbeeld uit… (museum title)

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Nu couché et domestique servant du thé, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Nu couché et domestique servant du thé, 1916.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French), oil on canvas

Pola Museum of Art, Japan

Lydia at Afternoon Tea, 1882.

Mary Cassatt (American)

National Gallery of Art, United States

Five O'Clock Tea, 1880.

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, United States

The Garden, 1891.

James McNeill Whistler (American), transfer lithograph on laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Southern Teahouse

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Studio interior, 1916.

Ateljéinteriör (museum title)

Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish), oil on canvas

Moderna Museet, Sweden

Courtesan Drinking Tea, c. 1830.

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese), color woodblock print

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Tea Drinking in Mytishchi near Moscow, Vassili Perov

Tea Drinking in Mytishchi near Moscow, 1862.

Чаепитие в Мытищах, близ Москвы (museum title)

Vassili Perov (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Scene from Ludwig Holberg's The Lying-in Room, Wilhelm Marstrand

Scene from Ludwig Holberg's The Lying-in Room, 1845.

Motiv fra Ludvig Holberg: Barselstuen (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman, Kitagawa Utamaro

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman, c. 1797.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Ono no Takamura, from the True Record of Emperor Montoku, Yashima Gakutei

Ono no Takamura, from the True Record of Emperor Montoku, c. 1821.

Ono no Takamura uit het Ware verhaal van Montoku (museum title)

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese), color woodblock print

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Lydia and Her Mother at Tea, Mary Cassatt

Lydia and Her Mother at Tea, 1882.

Mary Cassatt (American)

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Cup of Tea, 1880.

Mary Cassatt (American), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Corner of a market, tea seller of Huế, Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine

Corner of a market, tea seller of Huế, 1935.

Coin de marché, marchande de thé de Huế (museum title)

Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine, print on paper

Cernuschi Museum, France

Note in Pink and Purple - The Studio, James McNeill Whistler

Note in Pink and Purple - The Studio, 1883–1884.

Note in Pink and Purple-The Studio (museum title)

James McNeill Whistler (American), watercolor on paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

The Poet Jan Van Beers and his Wife, The Artist's Parents

De dichter Jan Van Beers en zijn vrouw, ouders van de… (museum title)

Jan Van Beers (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Afternoon Tea, Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Charles Whibley, James McNeill Whistler

Afternoon Tea, Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Charles Whibley, 1897.

James McNeill Whistler (American), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Tea and coffee, 1847.

Thé et café (museum title)

Grandville (French), hand-colored steel engraving

Getty Research Institute, United States

Afternoon Tea Party, 1890.

Mary Cassatt (American), laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Fuji from the Katakura Tea Fields in Suruga, Katsushika Hokusai

Fuji from the Katakura Tea Fields in Suruga, c. 1830–1832.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Artist's Mother Serving Tea, Édouard Vuillard

The Artist's Mother Serving Tea, c. 1900.

La mère de l'artiste servant le thé (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on cardboard

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Scene in a Garden, 1898.

Scène dans un jardin (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), tempera on cardboard

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Russia

Women Preparing Tea Around the Fire-Holder, Katsushika Hokusai

Women Preparing Tea Around the Fire-Holder, 1816.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese), part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Akhtyrka, Nina et Tatiana dans la véranda, Wassily Kandinsky

Akhtyrka, Nina et Tatiana dans la véranda, 1917.

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

Violet and Amber-Tea, James McNeill Whistler

Violet and Amber-Tea, 1882–1884.

James McNeill Whistler (American), watercolor on paper

Freer Gallery of Art, United States

Gossip, 1873.

Giovanni Boldini (Italian), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Afternoon Tea, 1897.

James McNeill Whistler (American), lithograph on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Girl in an Interior, 1910.

Jeune femme dans un intérieur (museum title)

Édouard Vuillard (French), oil on cardboard

Tate, United Kingdom

Le Thé dans le jardin, 1919.

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

A Visitor, 1885.

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Nature morte, tasse et théière, Camille Pissarro

Nature morte, tasse et théière, 1899.

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Langmatt Museum, Switzerland

Sōma-yaki, 1822.

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

“Naniwaya Okita” from the Series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets", Kitagawa Utamaro

“Naniwaya Okita” from the Series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets", 18th century.

高名美人六家撰・難波屋おきた (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Teahouse Fujimiya, 18th century.

富士見茶屋の店先 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

La Comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

La Comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1883.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on canvas

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, France