The relevance of tea in Western painting compositions is a palpable pleasure, a link between culture and art. Pictorial representations or tea and its elements in Western Art (Baroque, Victorian, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist) movements, capture moments of reflection, loneliness, entertainment and sensual pleasure, and elements of socialization, congregation and discussion. After the re-opening of trade between Europe and Japan (the 1860s) the art of Japanese influences French painting, especially to impressionists through its daily compositions, both in gardens or cities and their social rituals. The Japanese artists with great influence on the impressionists are Hokusai-Katsushika (1760-1849) Suzuki Harunobu (1724-1770) and Kitagawa Utamaro 91754-1806). The influence of K. Utamaro is reflected in the paintings of Mary Cassatt. The works of the impressionists and post-impressionists capture domestic, family and social daily activities of the artists and their surroundings. The compositions show imagines of people related to the artists, representing environments where people socialized, whether gardens, parks, interior houses, lounges, bedrooms with fine and elegant porcelain or silver tea games. In the paintings we look at the composition of the tea and its elements, especially involving women with their rituals of the everyday life and its social status.
EEUU –French – Impresionista – Mary Cassatt
Lady at The Tea Table - 1885
Lady at The Tea Table - 1885
Henri Matisse – French-Post-Impresionista
Tea -1919
Tea -1919
Lady at The Tea Table - 1885
Mrs Moore Riddle (aunt of Mary Cassatt). This painting covers the daily activities of women, their environments and their social life and surroundings in the 19th century. Without any doubt, the ritual of the tea is reflected in this painting
Tea -1919
This painting shows two women sitting at a table in the shade of some trees, in a quiet garden, in the afternoon. In this work the colour of the dress combines with the colour of the chair and its shoes, the colour of the contrasting table contrasts with the green and blue colours of the garden, creating an optical reality of freshness and tranquillity.
Liliana Algorry certified Tea Sommelier and Tea Blender
Mrs Moore Riddle (aunt of Mary Cassatt). This painting covers the daily activities of women, their environments and their social life and surroundings in the 19th century. Without any doubt, the ritual of the tea is reflected in this painting
Tea -1919
This painting shows two women sitting at a table in the shade of some trees, in a quiet garden, in the afternoon. In this work the colour of the dress combines with the colour of the chair and its shoes, the colour of the contrasting table contrasts with the green and blue colours of the garden, creating an optical reality of freshness and tranquillity.
Liliana Algorry certified Tea Sommelier and Tea Blender
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