Food is essential to our survival and can be one of our greatest pleasures. Since the earliest cave paintings of hunting scenes, some 43,000 years ago, artists have depicted our relationship with food. They explore how it shapes daily routines, livelihoods and landscapes.
Food: a feast for the eyes displays works from Exeter's fine art collection. They record how food has transformed the countryside, influenced the development of towns and played a central role in genres such as still life and botanical art.
High-quality prints of some of these works are available to buy from the Art UK shop: https://shop.artuk.org/prints.html?sellers.
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Cader Idris 1918
Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (1870–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 41.2 x W 54.9 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Clayhidon, Devon 1913
Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 38.4 x W 63.9 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Apple Blossom, Riversbridge Farm, Blackpool, Devon 1921
Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 53.3 x W 64.8 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
The Mill at Berry Pomeroy, Devon
James Leakey (1775–1865)
Oil & pencil on canvas
H 44.5 x W 69.5 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Dartmouth, Devon c.1921
James Bolivar Manson (1879–1945)
Oil on panel
H 34.5 x W 44.9 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Edward Ladell (1821–1886)
Oil on canvas
H 46.1 x W 35.9 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Still Life c.1848
James Bruce Birkmyer (1834–1899)
H 20 x W 23.9 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Isabel Codrington (1874–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 87 x W 112.5 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Study of Convolvulus and Green Wheat 1867
Helen Cordelia Angell (1847–1884)
H 18.3 x W 30.2 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Exeter 1829–1867
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) (after)
H 40.5 x W 42.3 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
The Old Fish and Potatoe Market Exeter 1820
George H. May (active 1820)
Watercolour & gouache on paper
H 27.8 x W 41.8 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Boscastle, Cornwall 1874
William Henry Pike (1846–1908)
Watercolour on paper
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Fishing Boats: A Breeze c.1845
David Cox the elder (1783–1859)
H 41.5 x W 52.9 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Nicholas Matthew Condy (1816–1851)
Oil on panel
H 30.5 x W 25.5 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
A View of the River Teign, Looking up River from Teignmouth towards Dartmoor, Devon c.1831
Thomas Luny (1759–1837)
Oil on canvas
H 60.5 x W 85.7 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Custard Apple c.1830–1850
unknown artist
Watercolour & pencil on paper
H 32.3 x W 41.6 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Nymphaea Lotus Linn c.1780–1810
unknown artist
Watercolour on paper
H 55 x W 39 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Ginger (Alpinia allughas Rose) c.1780–1810
unknown artist
Watercolour on paper
H 55 x W 39 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Star fruit (Averrhoa Carambola Linn) c.1780–1810
unknown artist
Watercolour on paper
H 55 x W 39 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Jackfruit 1850
Southeast Asian School
Watercolour & pencil on paper
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) c.1780–1810
unknown artist
Watercolour on paper
H 55.5 x W 39 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Horseradish Tree (Moringa oleifera) 1780–1810
unknown artist
H 55.5 x W 39 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Ceylon caper (Capparis zeylanica) 1780–1810
unknown artist
H 53.5 x W 38 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Botanical drawing, taro, dasheen or eddoe 1780 to 1810
Indian School
Watercolour on paper
H 55.5 x W 39 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Cloves 1850
Southeast Asian School
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Coffee 1850
Southeast Asian School
Watercolour and pencil on blue tinted paper
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Nutmeg 1850
Southeast Asian School
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
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