Backgammon in Arts
A few about our Gallery this moment
Here you will find all the artworks that have as a subject - directly or between the lines - the game of Backgammon, which we collect progressively from various sources (books, internet, etc.).
Our Gallery includes any form of Plastic Arts: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture, and, moreover artistic disciplines (performing arts, conceptual art, textile arts) and Applied Arts such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art.
Over the time, the Gallery will be categorized into different sections, which will be presented at respective subpages.
Triktrakspelers
The Backgammon Players (style of Jan van Bijlert) Victoria Art Gallery
The backgammon trio -------------------------- 1754 (?) Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 124 cm National Trust, Lodge Park & Sherborne Estate
The Backgammon Player ----------------------------- c.1947 Oil on canvas, 106.7 x 76.2 cm Glasgow Museums
Tableman (man with snake) ------------------------------- c. 1150 - Köln Carvings in elephant ivory Victoria & Albert Museum
Bauern beim tricktrack spiel -------------------------------- 1635
Mercenary love ------------------ c. 1511
Soldiers gambling ---------------------- 1656-8 Oil painting Dulwich Picture Gallery
(A peasant playing backgammon against a woman at an inn) ------------------------------ 1550
Backgammon ----------------- 1976 Lithograph on paper, 51.4 x 72.4 cm Tate
? ------------------------- c. 1526
The backgammon players ------------------------------ (1634) Oil on canvas, 160.5 x 234.8 cm North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Joueurs de trictrac
(a woman playing backgammon) ------------------------------------- 1930, March illustration for Vogue magazine American Backgammon Tour (facebook)
Game of Tric-Trac --------------------- c1631. Oil on panel Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Shesh - besh 1990-93 Artist collection
Tric Trac Players (Les joueurs de tric-trac) ---------------------------- 1650s Louvre Museum
A fool and a female play backgammon -------------------------------------------- 1572, Basel Illustration to a Latin edition of Sebastian Brant's 'Ship of Fools'
The backgammon players ------------------------------ c. 1668. Print on paper with the technique of mezzotint, 8.5 x 7.4 cm. British Museum