Love Cards

Pair at the Table (1927) by Richard Ziegler. There is also an ace of hearts on the table

Patience

Patience a painting by Leonard Campbell

Interesting Game

Some older men discussing a chess game and having fun. Painting by the Italian painter Giovanni Garinei

Cards on the Beach

The Sunbathers by the American artist Edwin Georgi. The cardgame is here a pure symbol of leisure.

Au Cafe

Au Café by the French painter Jean Béraud. A couple is observing a backgammon set.

Game of Leisure

Jeux de dames au cafe Lamblin (c1840) by the French painter Louis-Léopold Boilly.

Card Sharp

The Card Sharp on the Boulevard (1806) by the. French painter Louis-Léopold Boilly:

Backgammon in Good Old Times

Backgammon in a Tavern by the Dutch genre Golden Age painter Jan Steen.

The Fortune Teller

"The Fortune Teller" by the French Impressionist painter Jean Frédéric Bazille.

Modern American Art

"The Checker Players" (1947) by the American painter Jacob Lawrence. Leisure for the working class.

Good Old Times

"The Chess Players" (1910) by the French history painter Adolphe Alexander Lesrel. Lesrel idealizes here the good old times: music, good wine and a chess game with friends.

Arabs Playing Chess

"Arabs Playing Chess" (1847) by the French painter Eugene Delacroix. A purely romantic view on oriental live.

Baroque Painting

"A game of cards" by the Flemish Baroque painter Theodor Rombouts. A peaceful scene suggesting leisure.

Peaceful Card Players

"The Card Players" (1890-92) by the French painter Paul Cézanne.

Game of Light and Shadow

"The Dice Players" by the French Baroque painter Georges de La Tour who was here much more interested in the play of light and shadow than the dices.

Gambling Prostitute

A baroque painting showing an officer playing Backgammon with a prostitute. Maybe it was a popular game in brothels because there quite a few of these paintings.

Soldiers Pleasure

Soldiers Playing Dice on a Drum. A typical baroque painting by the Flemish artist Michiel Sweerts. It’s a kind of peaceful scene, the arms are laid aside and the war drum is used for gambling.

Tric Trac Players

Les joueurs de tric-trac by the French Le Nain Brothers. I haven’t any idea, what’s “tric trac”, but it looks like a kind of backgammon.

Pin Up Chess

Your move (1964) by the American artist Gil Elvgren. A sexy pin up playing with a chess piece; I don’t think that Elvgren suggested that she’s really able to play chess.
The artist uses here only one of the numerous chess metaphors.

Gambling at an Inn

Gambling Scene at an Inn (late 1640s) by the Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger. A typical Baroque painting. Some travelers are passing their time at an Inn with gambling.