Tjalf sparnaays food fest empty kingdom you are here. Barcelonaborn art director, publisher and graphic designer, omar sosa, has a very unique vision and a knack for elevating the mundane to extraordinary. See more ideas about tjalf sparnaay, hyperrealism and realistic paintings. Sparnaay s way of working refers directly to the 17th century. Rhonda neuhaus beautiful images that make me happy im particularly fond of shiny things and enjoy painting the surprising reflections in glass and metal. Beautiful mega realistic oil paintings by dutch base artist and desinger tjalf sparnaay. Some paintings of tjalf sparnaay, who is known for his paintings of food in a very realistic style.
Meeting with louis meisel who first coined the word photorealism and who has written a number of books on the subject has proven to us that passion, eagerness and a visionary spirit are always in vogue. Jan 26, 20 born in 1954 in haarlem, netherlands, tjalf sparnaay currently lives and works in hilversum, netherlands. Mega realistic oil paintings by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay tjalf sparnaay lives and works in hilversum, netherlands. Fried eggs, french fries, sandwiches and ketchup bottles, barbie dolls, marbles. Artwork autumn leaves tjalf sparnaay salome art venture. Dutch artist tjalf sparnaay uses his style of mega realism to create incredibly lifelike pictures of chips, cheeseburgers and desserts. Knikkers 140 x 90 cm knikkers marbles, 2011 by tjalf sparnaay on curiator, the worlds biggest collaborative art collection. Tjalf sparnaay is a dutch selftaught megarealist painter, composer and photographer. Home works limited editions news press photography biography books video artdealers. Though tjalf sparnaays education 40 mega hyper realistic oil paintings by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay. Born in 1954 in haarlem, netherlands, tjalf sparnaay currently lives and works in hilversum, netherlands. Tjalf sparnaay is a dutch selftaught megarealist painter, composer and photographer born on 1954. Tjalf sparnaays hyperrealistic paintings to dazzle your.
Meisel gallery is a new york art gallery specializing in photorealism and fine contemporary realist art. He is particularly known for his food paintings which includes a line of delicious works of burger, omelet and many more. Dutch artist tjalf sparnaay uses his style of megarealism to create incredibly lifelike pictures of chips, cheeseburgers and desserts. Sparnaay takes the subjects of his oils from everyday reality to create images that he calls megarealism. Artist tjalf sparnaay captures images of such trivial themes and expands them to enormous format, like claps of thunder on ones retina. Tjalf sparnaay born 1954, haarlem, netherlands is a dutch artist, photographer, illustrator and painter. In ordinary things that we love, we learn different look. Netherlandsbased tjalf is so successful that his work is now displayed worldwide with art lovers flocking to view the pieces in real life. Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil. Tjalf sparnaay paints everyday items such as a breakfast, crushed cocacola can, a fried egg takes these items out of the context of their day to day surroundings, enlarging them so the viewer sees their tiniest details. Happenart artists directory tjalf sparnaay netherlands. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone.
Tjalf sparnaay is one of the notable photorealist artists of all the time. Megarealism by tjalf sparnaay 3 this final post regarding the tjalf sparnaay exhibition in zwolle is a different one, and by that i mean its a nonfood painting. This juicy burger has been so cleverly painted by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay it looks just like the real thing. Its hard not to think of these old dutch masters when looking at the work of a new one. He works in the style of megarealizm part of todays global art movement hyperrealism. Hyperrealistic oil paintings of delicious food by tjalf sparnaay. Megarealism june 11, 2010 by wendy campbell born in 1954 in haarlem, netherlands, tjalf sparnaay currently lives and works in hilversum, netherlands. Sparnaays way of working refers directly to the 17th century. He is a combination of artist, photographer, illustrator and painter. The fact that a painting of a fried egg, of all things, would take on iconic status became apparent gradually, over the course of years. Tjalf sparnaay takes the subjects of his oils from everyday reality.
Born in haarlem, tjalf lived with his parents for much of his younger years. Tjalf sparnaay lives and works in hilversum, netherlands. Ordinary, everyday food like french fries, hamburgers, sandwiches even fried eggs is the main topic of tjalf sparnaay oil paintings. Awesome megarealism art of tjalf spaarnay food painting. He is part of the contemporary artistic movement of hyper realism. His intention is to give these objects a soul and a presence. Coke crush oil on linen 60 x 45 cm by tjalf sparnaay 25 mega realistic oil paintings by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay. Legendary hiperrealismo gastronomico legendary mayonaise tjalf sparnaay s. He is internationally considered to be one of the most important contemporary painters working in a style called mega of hyper realism and his paintings and limitededition prints continue to grow in popularity with art collectors and enthusiasts. Tjalf sparnaay was born in haarlem, netherlands in the year 1954.
He is known to borrow a few things from traditional 17th century dutch still life and part of his trademark style extends the subject by blowing up his paintings to dimensions that are much larger than the object itself. Tjalf sparnaay has been influenced by the work of vermeer, rembrandt, ralph goings and charles bell. Tjalf sparnaay realistic oil painting, tjalf sparnaay. Dutch artist tjalf sparnaay uses his style of mega realism to create. Getting closer, a documentary by hester hagemeijer from 2014. Tjalf sparnaay was born in haarlem, netherlands in the year he is a combination of artist, photographer, illustrator and painter. Since 1987 the dutch artist fotorealist tyalf sparneey tjalf sparnaay creates his impressive work, mostly on food. Artist tjalf sparnaay visualizes these trivial subjects and inflates them to enormous formats, an assault on the senses.
Large fried egg ii by tjalf sparnaay tjalf sparnaay. Hyperrealistic oil paintings of delicious food by tjalf. He is internationally considered to be one of the most important contemporary painters working in a style called mega realism, part of the contemporary art movement of hyper realism. Mega realistic oil paintings by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay. Getting closer, a documentary about painter tjalf sparnaay by hester hagemeijer, 2014 full 40 minutes version in hd, english subtitled the film tells the tale of tjalf sparnaay. Nov 15, 2011 since 1987, dutch photorealistic artist tjalf sparnaay has been working on his imposing oeuvre, constantly seeking new images that have never been painted before mostly painting food. I want to reduce it to the dna of the universal structure, in all its beauty.
May 8, 2015 25 mega realistic oil paintings by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay. This is an oil painting, the mouth watering work of hyperrealistic dutch artist tjalf sparnaay. Outstanding and incredible oil painting of food by tjalf sparnaay. What he calls megarealism is part of the contemporary global art movement of hyperrealism, and with prices of original oil paintings between 10. Tjalf sparnaay is a selftaught dutch artist and illustrator who largely creates stilllife of everyday objects using oil paint. Dutch artist tjalf sparnaay, is considered one of the most important painters working the field of mega realism which is part of the global art movement of hyper realism. They are the work of dutch artist tjalf sparnaay, who has used his style of mega realism to create incredibly lifelike pictures of chips, cheeseburgers and desserts. Tjalf sparnaay working on flowerpower 40 mega hyper realistic oil paintings by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay best oil paintings around the world for your inspiration.
Looking through his website, i often found myself squinting my eyes, and bringing my face closer to the computer screen to figure out if the art was a photograph or a painting. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Fleamarket rembrandt on view in rijksmuseum amsterdam. Though tjalf sparnaays education 40 mega hyper realistic oil paintings by dutch artist tjalf sparnaay tjalf sparnaays hyperrealistic paintings to dazzle your visual senses and your appetite. Since the 1980s, sparnaay, who is based in the town of hivlversum, has been painting mouth. Tjalf sparnaay photorealistic food paintings trendland. Tjalf sparnaay paintings inspiration for my crushed can watercolour painting dutch artist tjalf sparnaay uses his style of mega realism to create incredibly lifelike pictures of chips, cheeseburgers and desserts. The realism tjalf has in his work is one of the main reasons i was drawn to his work, the other being that many of his paintings are food based.
Nov 12, 2012 dutch artist tjalf sparnaay uses his style of mega realism to create incredibly lifelike pictures of chips, cheeseburgers and desserts. His paintings are sold worldwide by various leading art galleries. The english group has always kept a scrapbook of resources that we find inspiring. Part of the selftaught artists mega realism series which started in 1987. Fried eggs, french fries, sandwiches and ketchup bottles, barbie dolls, marbles and autumn leaves. Artwork fried egg tjalf sparnaay salome art venture. The price of one of its original 10,000 and 45,000 what others are saying. Buying from galleries faq buying from auctions faq consign with artsy.
Sparnaay was educated to become a sports teacher and became a selftaught painter and amateur photographer from about 1980. Getting closer, a documentary about megarealist painter. Take a look at the first featured image below, the overeasy egg. Jul 09, 2016 dutch artist tjalf sparnaay takes your food or ordinary things such as marbles, dolls, soda can, etc. Artwork the lobster tjalf sparnaay salome art venture. Dutch artist tjalf sparnaay creates hyperrealistic paintings. Paintings of burgers and eggs are mega realism, the daily telegraph australia, nov. He is internationally regarded as one of the most important contemporary painters working in a style called mega realism. The stunning hyperrealistic images of food are the work of dutch artist tjalf sparnaay, who creates delicious.
Born in 1954 in haarlem, netherland, he now lives and works in hilversum, netherlands. Over and over again sparnaay elects a subject taken from life. Tjalf painting by tjalf sparnaay food painting, tjalf. Where photography ends, tjalf sparnaays art begins. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for. However, i stumbled across him after seeing the first image posted on here, of washing up hands. At first sight this oil on canvas named rembrandts selfportrait in plastic appears to be just another reproduction. Most of his paintings are a source of excitement for the viewers as it. My paintings are meant to enable the spectator to reexperience reality, to rediscover the essence of an object that has become so ordinary. Tjalf sparnaay gallery hyperrealisme, stilleven, painting. See more ideas about tjalf sparnaay, hyper realistic paintings and food painting.
A selftaught artist, sparnaay is strongly influenced by the work of vermeer, rembrandt, goings, and bell. He is a selftaught artist, who whose realistic oil paintings are based on everyday objects. Het megarealisme van tjalf sparnaay, the mega realism. The paintings of tjalf sparnaay want to work like thunder on our retina. Artwork petit four tjalf sparnaay salome art venture. Sparnaay was educated to become a sports teacher and became a selftaught painter and. Tjalf sparnaay is one of the leading artists in the style of mega realism, part of the contemporary global art movement of hyper realism. Oct 17, 2019 closer het megarealisme van tjalf sparnaay.
Since the dutch artist tjalf sparnaay has been painting hyperrealistic still lifes of junk food, desserts and other decadent eatable indulgences. Tjalf is considered one of the most important painters working the field of mega realism, which is part of the global art movement of hyper realism. Tjalf spaarnay is a great mega realism artist from netherlands. This painting of a lobster has been seen by many on the book cover a. Tjalf sparnaay was influenced by the work of vermeer.
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