I love art. I love beer, too, obviously. This is my attempt to connect liquid art with the world of the painted canvas and marble sculpture. This is an archive of the works of art I highlight weekly that feature beer, brewing or beer’s ingredients in some fashion in the piece.

Beer In Art

1. Edouard Manet: Bar at the Folies-Bergere (11.9.08)
2. Jasper Johns: Painted Bronze (11.16.08)
3. Ford Madox Brown: Work (11.23.08)
4. Vincent Van Gogh: Beer Tankards; also includes Physiology of the Drinker, The Four Ages, Still Life with Beer Mug and Fruit, and Still Life with Pottery, Beer Glass and Bottle (11.30.08)
5. Fernand Leger: Still Life With A Beer Mug (12.7.08)
6. Charles Spencelayh: Good Health (12.14.08)
7. Gabriel Metsu: The Old Drinker (12.21.08)
8. Pieter Claesz: Still Lifes With Beer, which includes Still Life With Drinking Vessels, Still Life With Herring, and Still Life with Overturned Jug, Glass of Beer, and Food (12.28.08)
9. John Brack: The Bar (1.4.09)
10. Robert Carter: Illustrations, which includes Beer Advocate, Beer – A Beacon of Light in the Dark Ages, and a portrait of Eric Molson (1.11.09)
11. Juan Gris: Glass Of Beer and Playing Cards (1.18.09)
12. Mieko Anekawa: Beer! Beer! Beer! (1.25.09)
13. Edouard Manet: Waitresses, which includes The Waitress and Corner of a Café-Concert and The Waitress (2.1.09)
14. Zhungde: The Tibetan Barley Beer Song (2.8.09)
15. Anne Erpino: The Brewery (2.15.09)
16. Egyptian: Woman With Offerings a.k.a. Woman With Lotus (2.22.09)
17. Peter French: Anchor Brewery (3.1.09)
18. Pieter Bruegel: The Harvesters (3.8.09)
19. Black Velvet Painting: Monkey King Beer (3.15.09)
20. Robert Melee: Beer Bottle Cap Mosaics (3.22.09)
21. Jan Miense Molenaer: Man With Glass Of Beer (3.29.09)
22. Michael Naples: Beer Bottles (4.5.09)
23. Edouard Manet: Le Bon Bock (4.12.09)
24. Eung Ho Park: I’m Looking At You (4.19.09)
25. John Singleton Copely: Portrait of Samuel Adams (4.26.09)
26. Morgen Chandomba: Brewing Traditional Beer In Zimbabwe, which includes Brewing Beer For Sale by Milcah Mashonganyika (5.3.09)
27. Louis Prang: Mother’s Day German Barmaid (5.10.09)
28. Jos Van De Ven: Still Life With Beer Bottle and Book (5.17.09)
29. Jan Janz. Van de Velde III: Still Life with Tall Beer Glass, which includes Still Life with a Beer Glass, a Pipe, Tobacco and Other Requisites of Smoking, Still Life with a Pipe-lighter and Still Life with a Clay Pipe (5.24.09)
30. Dutch: Emblem of Beer Carriers Guild from Jerusalem Chapel, Leiden (5.31.09)
31. Mark F. Stosiak: Beer Bottles (6.7.09)
32. Flag Day: Flag Day Beer Art (6.14.09)
33. Rik Olson: Saint of Beer (6.28.09)
34. Faye Yung: Rivers of Gold (7.5.09)
35. Various Artists: Heartland Beer (7.12.09)
36. Edgar Degas: Café-Concert (The Spectators) (7.19.09)
37. Rob Sheridan: Cereal Mascot Reunion (7.26.09)
38. Lawson Wood: Nine Pints of the Law (8.9.09)
39. Phoebus Levin: Life in the Hop Garden (8.16.09)
40. Emily Zasada: Beer Paintings (8.23.09)
41. Dudley Pout: Barley & Beer Time (8.30.09)
42. Cat Scott: Paintings Of Beer On The Wall (9.6.09)
43. Petrus Staverenus: Man Brandishing A Beer Glass (9.13.09)
44. Donald Curran: Having A Pint (9.20.09)
45. Nepalese: The Hindu God Shiva As Bhairava, Bestower Of Beer (9.27.09)
46. Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson: The Hop Fields (10.4.09)
47. UC Berkeley: Historical Beer Exhibition (10.11.09)
48. Stan Ruszala: Asheville Bars & Beer (10.18.09)
49. Sharon Hammond: Belgian Beer Cafe (10.27.09)
50. Pieter Bruegel: The Peasant Dance (11.1.09)
51. Frederick Daniel Hardy: Home Brewed Ale (11.8.09)
52. Ernst Henseler: Beer Evening (11.15.09)
53. George Morland: Alehouse Politicians (11.22.09)
54. Vangobot: 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall (11.29.09)
55. Gregg Hinlicky: Brewer Portraits (12.6.09)
56. Mark Blanton: Bohemia Pin-Up (12.13.09)
57. Kelly Murphy: Wassailing (12.20.09)
58. Randy Dillon: Beer Bottles (12.27.09)
59. Kitti Narod: Rivers of Amber (1.3.10)
60. Stained Glass: German Beer Sign (1.10.10)
61. Alex Arshansky: Cheers (1.17.10)
62. Steven Kozar: Wisconsin Craft Brews (1.24.10)
63. David Hatfield: Bartenders (1.31.10)
64. Sam Yeates: The Returnable (2.7.10)
65. Mike Massengale: Beer Thirty (2.14.10)
66. Rembrandt van Rijn: The Prodigal Son (2.21.10)
67. Peter Cross: Beer Drawings (2.28.10)
68. Henry Singleton: The Ale-House Door (3.7.10)
69. Alex Caldwell: Typographic Beer Destinations (3.14.10)
70. Erik Henningsen: The Art Critics (3.21.10)
71. Tom Payne: Beer Series (3.28.10)
72. Shawn Kenney: Will Work For Food (4.4.10)
73. Charles Spencelayh: The Steward (4.18.10)
74. L.C. Neill: Heineken Beer Caps (4.25.10)
75. Eduard Grutzner: Monastery Brewers (5.2.10)
76. Neal Barbosa: Lagunitas Dog (5.16.10)
77. George Garrard: Whitbread Brewery (5.23.10)
78. Peter Paul Rubens: The Village Fete (5.30.10)
79. Jasper Johns: Field Painting (6.6.10)
80. David Teniers: Peasants Celebrating Twelfth Night (6.13.10)
81. Gordon Carlisle: Jimmy La Panza Lounge (6.20.10)
82. Various: Pabst Art Contests (6.27.10)
83. Bob Kessel: Charles Bukowski (7.4.10)
84. Ali Spagnola: Free Beer Paintings (7.11.10)
85. John Skelton: Guinness (7.18.10)
86. Erik Olsen: Faux Beer Posters (7.25.10)
87. Paul Wehr: Drewrys Beer (8.1.10)
88. Jamie Patrick Paul: Lovely Day For A Bike Ride (8.8.10)

Special Editions

• Rick Lovell: The Last Good Kiss (3.6.10)
• Erik Henningsen: Tuborg’s Thirsty Man (3.16.10)
• Ali Spagnola: Brookston Beer Painting (8.13.10)