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This Tumblr Account Reimagines Famous Images Without Gluten

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at UC Irvine chapter.

In the past couple of years, more people have been going gluten-free. Some do it for health reasons, and others try it to improve their diets and lose weight. Even websites like NoBread have been created to help people eat gluten-free when they go out.

The trend has extended to artwork with Gluten Free Museum, a Tumblr account that focuses on taking the gluten out of famous paintings and film scenes. It shows how often gluten sneakily appears in any medium, regardless of artist and time period. Here are some of my favorites:

The Lady and the Tramp

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Everyone knows the famous pasta-eating scene in the Disney movie The Lady and the Tramp. 

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

But, without the pasta, the two dogs are left with an empty table. Spoiler alert: how are they supposed to accidentally kiss?

Tomb of Sennedjem

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

In this piece of a stucco painting in his tomb, Sennedjem, an Ancient Egyptian artisan, is depicted as reaping wheat in the mythical fields of Iaru, Egypt.

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Without the wheat, Sennedjem just looks like he’s playing charades – like he’s miming a servant fanning his master with a large palm leaf.

American Gothic

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Grant Wood’s American Gothic is very well-known, one of the most recognizable images in 20th-century American art.

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

If there’s no wheat to farm, then the farmer has no reason to have a pitchfork.

Le Petit Parisian

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Willy Ronis’ Le Petit Parisian depicts a seemingly mischievous boy running with bread, a fellow foodie in the making.

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

No bread = no fun in my book. But this picture still looks good without the bread.

Guinness

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Here’s an old ad for Guinness, an Irish dry stout.

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Many stouts, ales, and beers have gluten, so Guinness is turned into Guess.

The Simpsons

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Chief Wiggum is the stereotypical police officer, often holding coffee and donuts.

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

He’s just not as funny without his donut.

Summer

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Summer is just one of his numerous paintings that basically depict produce people.

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Photo courtesy of Gluten Free Museum on Tumblr

Without the wheat, Summer shows one of fundamental components of a healthy gluten-free diet: vegetables.

Will work for donuts.