THE olive trees and the tomatoes

IN THE PAINTINGS OF THE PAST

From 500 b. C. to 1968

Anfora Vulci – 500 a.C. Olive Harvest

The oil and the olives harvest have been a principal part of the life of man through the ages, starting from the classical and Christian tradition.

 Fresco in Ercolano 79 d.C. – Oil press

After  the  flood,  the  dove  brings  an  olive branch to Noah, a sign that the waters have receded.  Probably  as  a  result  of  this episode  in  Christian  culture,  the  olive  tree has  become  a  symbol  of  peace  between God and mankind.

V-VI century – Noah and the dove (Rome)

Pax (1337) - A.Lorenzetti  PAX (peace) is represented by an olive encircling garland for the head.

PAINTINGS (XV century) Olive Harvest

"The Annunciation" (1333) – Simone Martini Lippo Memmi (1333 ,Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze),    Ambrogio Lorenzetti   (1344, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena)  

“The prayer in the garden" (1499)   Sandro Botticelli

Nativity" (1501) - Sandro Botticelli The angels dance in the sky and they carry olive branches, which two of them have presented to the men they embrace in the foreground.

"Happy Union" (1570) – Paolo VeroneseThe husband and the wife hold an olive branch, symbol of peace and harmony

For centuries the olive branch has been associated with peace but at the beginning of the nineteenth century the Mediterranean landscape is represented in all their details, as a constant presence.

 Christ in Getsemani (National Gallery  London )1595, El Greco painted Jesus Christ ,absorbed in a setting where the olive tree is the characteristic element.

Still life 1615 Floris van Dick,The small bowl containing the olives is  in the background   

 Still life with crab Willelm Claesz, 1648,   Some  olives  are  lying  into  an  elegant 

decorated plate; 

 Still life ,Pieter Claesz,1645 Some green olives are lying into a small decorated plate on the table 

 “Among the olive trees in Settignano" (1885) – T. Signorini

 Madonna of the olive tree ,1888 Niccolò Barabino  

Olive grove in a blue sky ,Saint-Rémy, 1889Olive trees  1889

The olive, in all its luxuriant identity is represented as a natural element of the landscape, and emblem of a wise and authentic beauty, by the artist Vincent Van Gogh who sought to capture the fascinating and profound essence of this plant.

Olive trees under the sun (1889) - Van Gogh

Olive trees under a yellow sky – 1889The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 

Olive grove in Les Baux ,1889

Olive Garden  Renoir, Pierre Auguste 1882

Les oliviers de l'Estaque Renoir, Pierre Auguste 1882

 Olive groves in Bordighera (Italy) , 1884. Claude Monet    

Olive Trees 1907  Georges Braque ,Worcester Art Museum

Promenade among the Olive Trees, 1906 Henri Matisse 

 

Olive trees landscape at Cadaques ,1922 Salvador Dalì (Spain)

Olive trees ,1958 Renato Guttuso (Italy)

 "The olive pickers(1973) –V. GuerrazziIn the painting  Guerazzi represents a dark and gloomy atmosphere, with several trees in sad autumn colors , in relation with old olive women. Each woman is dressed in black; the soil is poor and meager. The artist wants to express the hard work of the women consumed from care and tiredness.  

  “The harvest of olives " Vincenzo Guerrazzi,Calabrian painter

Dancing among olive trees" - Guerrazzi

the tomatoes IN THE PAINTINGS OF THE PAST

From 1580 to 1968 and over

The Fruit seller 1580 Vincenzo Campi (Milan). The Italian painter , does not paints a simple fruit seller but he wants to represent the personification of the Nature ,in fact the Christian flower ,the lily, is a symbol of the Creation of every kind of fruits by God.

Still life ,1600

 VERTUNNO 1590 by the  Italian mannerist  painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo He represents  the Roman god of metamorphoses in nature and life; the fruits and vegetables symbolize the abundance of the  Golden Age

Still life with tomatoes 1899 CAMOIN CHARLES

The tomatoes harvest ,yesterday Daniele de Strobel 1924

Tomatoes  ,1961 Italian artist Renato Guttuso

Campbell's Soup I(1968) pop art by Andy Warhol

The Tomato Art Fest in Tennessee

This year is the Tomato Art Fest’s 13th year anniversary, and they plan to astound the tomato loving world with our Tomato Art Show in East Nashville, Tennessee!

The 13th annual Tomato Art Fest is set for August 13, 2016. Last year the festival drew nearly 50,000 people to East Nashville.you will create tomato-inspired artwork to fill the walls of the gallery and add another level of greatness to this already remarkable event.

These are some pictures painted at the Tomato Art Fest

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